Quinton de Kock, South Africa’s star batsman and wicketkeeper, will retire from the ODI format after the end of the ICC Men’s ODI Cricket World Cup 2023.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) revealed in their team announcement release that De Kock has opted to retire from the ODI format at the end of the World Cup. De Kock, who made his ODI debut in 2013, has appeared in 140 matches for South Africa, scoring 5966 runs with a strike rate of 96.08 and an average of 44.85. He has 17 hundred and 29 half-centuries, with a high of 178 against Australia in Centurion in 2016.
De Kock has made 183 catches and 14 stumpings while keeping wicket. The 30-year-old played for South Africa in the last two Cricket World Cups, when he amassed 450 runs at an average of 30 in 17 games. De Kock led South Africa in eight ODIs, winning four and losing three of them. On October 7 in Delhi, South Africa’s World Cup 2023 campaign will get underway against Sri Lanka.
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