SA vs BAN: Revealed - Why Quinton de Kock Didn't Keep Wickets Against Bangladesh

The 30-year-old South Africa National Cricket Team wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock didn’t keep wickets in the 23rd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 against Bangladesh National Cricket Team at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday, October 24.

Quinton de Kock batted very well against the Bangla Tigers and played a fantastic innings. He was off to a cautious in the match and he also lost his opening partner Reeza Hendricks early. Soon Rassie van der Dussen got out, but the wicketkeeper-batter stood strong on one end.

He stitched together an amazing 131 runs in 137 balls with Aiden Markram to bring South Africa into a dominant position in the match. Although he lost his skipper in the 31st over, he kept batting brilliantly and smashed a spectacular hundred.

Quinton de Kock also added a marvelous 142 runs in 87 balls with Heinrich Klaasen and together the duo destroyed the Bangladesh bowling unit. The Bangladesh bowlers didn’t do much wrong in the game and they were good with their lines and lengths but the Proteas batters were just a little too good in the match.

The wicketkeeper-batter smashed 174 runs in 140 balls, with 15 fours and 7 sixes to power South Africa to a total of 382/5 in 50 overs. However, Quinton de Kock wasn’t seen on the field in the second innings and Heinrich Klaasen was seen donning the wicket-keeping gloves.

Why Quinton de Kock Didn’t Keep Wickets?

The real reason behind De Kock not coming to keep the wickets in the second innings has now been revealed. The 30-year-old after playing a stupendous knock in the Mumbai heat experienced mild cramps and the decision was made to rest him.

Quinton de Kock is experiencing mild cramps, so Heinrich Klaasen who just faced 49 balls and smashed 90 will come out to keep. Luckily he didn't look nearly as drained as the previous match#SAvBAN #CricketWorldCup2023

— Werner (@Werries_) October 24, 2023

Quinton de Kock created history with his wonderful knock as he now holds the record for the highest score by a designated wicket-keeper in World Cup history, surpassing Adam Gilchrist’s 149.

Quinton de Kock, who is playing his last 50-over World Cup, started off his tournament by hitting a century against Sri Lanka and then followed it up with yet another magnificent hundred against Australia. His ton against Bangladesh was the third of his campaign and he has become the first Proteas batter to achieve the remarkable feat of 3 tons in a single edition of the World Cup.

Most hundreds in a single World Cup edition

5 – Rohit Sharma (2019)

4 – Kumar Sangakkara (2015)

3 – Mark Waugh (1996)

3 – Sourav Ganguly (2003)

3 – Matthew Hayden (2007)

3 – David Warner (2019)

3* – Quinton de Kock (2023)