Quinton De Kock Becomes 2nd Fastest Batter In The World To...

Quinton de Kock opened the innings for South Africa in the third ODI against Pakistan on Saturday (November 8) and scored 53 runs from 70 balls. During his stay at the crease at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad, the left-handed batter, who reversed his decision to retire from ODIs in September 2025, hammered six fours and one six. In the third ODI, which South Africa lost by seven wickets, De Kock entered his name in the history books by becoming the second fastest batter in the world to score 7000 runs in ODIs. De Kock needed 44 runs in the third ODI to complete 7000 runs in ODIs, and he achieved the objective by taking a single on the fourth ball of the 19th over of South Africa’s innings bowled by Salman Ali Agha. De Kock scored his 7000th run in the 158th ODI innings. Only one batter – Hashim Amla – has reached the 7000-run mark in ODIs in fewer innings than De Kock. During his playing days, Amla reached the 7000-run mark in the 150th innings of his 153rd ODI match. Virat Kohli completed 7000 ODI runs in 161 innings, and Kane Williamson reached the 7000-run mark in 159 innings of 167 matches. Fastest to 7000 runs in ODIs Hashim Amla South Africa Quinton de Kock South Africa Kane Williamson New Zealand Virat Kohli AB de Villiers South Africa/Africa Sourav Ganguly Rohit Sharma West Indies Martin Guptill New Zealand In his first ODI series after coming out of retirement, De Kock amassed a total of 239 runs in three matches for the Proteas, and his super show with the bat also helped him bag the Player of the Series award. The Player of the Series award in the away series against Pakistan is De Kock’s seventh such award in ODI cricket. By winning his seventh Player of the Series award in ODIs on Saturday (November 8), De Kock equalled MS Dhoni’s world record of winning the most Player of the Series awards by wicket-keeper batters in ODI history. During his 15-year-long ODI career from December 2004 to July 2019, Dhoni also won seven Player Of The Series awards for India.