Quinton de Kock completes 2,500 runs in away ODIs: Stats
What's the story
South African wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock has gone past 2,500 runs in away One Day Internationals (home of opposition). The veteran reached the landmark with his 23rd run in the 3rd ODI against India at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. Notably, de Kock, who made his comeback to ODI cricket last month, scored 0 and 8 in the 1st two ODIs against India.
Knock
De Kock scores 106 before getting dismissed by Prasidh
De Kock add 113 runs alongside skipper Temba Bavuma for the 2nd wicket. He was also part of a 54-run stand alongside Matthew Breetzke. Right after getting to his hundred, de Kock was dismissed by Prasidh Krishna. The batter decided to whip a ball across the line and got beaten as the ball crashed the stumps. De Kock scored 106 runs from 89 balls.
Stats
7th away hundred from de Kock's blade
Playing his 62nd ODI away from home as per ESPNcricinfo, de Kock owns 2,583 runs at 43.77. This includes 22 scores of 50 or more, including 7 hundreds. His best score in these games is 128. 3,219 of the southpaw's runs have come in home games at 52.77. His average in neutral games dips to 40.03 (1,321 runs).
Career
Second-fastest to 7,000 ODI runs
De Kock recently became the second-fastest batter to complete 7,000 ODI runs, having taken 158 innings. Playing his 161st game, the batter has scored over 7,050 runs at an average of 46-plus and a strike rate of over 96. His tally includes 22 centuries and 32 fifties, with a best score of 178. Over 7,000 of his runs have come as a keeper.