South African cricket team’s dynamic wicket-keeper batter Quinton de Kock smashed a gigantic ton against Australia. Quinton de Kock paced the innings smartly against a quality Australian bowling lineup and was seen taking calculative risks which disturbed the team’s dynamics.
Quinton de Kock smashed his consecutive tons in ODI WC 2023. The skipper Temba Bavuma would be ecstatic with the team’s performance after a near-perfect game against Australia. South Africa now have climbed to the top of the points table with 4 points from 2 matches and a superior NRR of +2.36.
Quinton de Kock is an amazing batter- Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir was having an interaction with Star Sports. Gautam Gambhir pointed out that the conditions weren’t that batting-friendly but still, the batter played a fearless brand of cricket. Gautam Gambhir stated that Quinton de Kock had the ability to dethrone the Australian batting lineup.
“Quinton de Kock doesn’t know the conditions and the ground that well because he didn’t play that much on this ground but he is an amazing batter. The conditions don’t matter much to a batter like Quinton de Kock,” said Gautam Gambhir.
“He is an extremely instinctive batter. He doesn’t read the wicket or look at the opposition that much, he just sees the ball and plays. When you have ability like that, you don’t have to think too much,” he stated.
Some of Quinton de Kock’s shots were exceptional- Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir was quite mightily impressed with the batting performance of Quinton de Kock and said that smashing 5 huge sixes and 8 fours wasn’t easy on the surface. Gautam Gambhir said that Quinton de Kock uses the bottom hand smartly and plays the pull shot quite well.
“Some of the shots were exceptional, especially the six he hit off Pat Cummins’ bowling to reach his hundred after Rassie van der Dussen got out. So that is this player’s strength. Five sixes and eight fours on a wicket where the ball was gripping slightly and there was little movement as well,” said Gautam Gambhir.
“Yes, strongly dominant on the leg side because of the grip he has with his bottom hand. It is extremely rounded, so he automatically uses the bottom hand and that is why he plays the cut and pull very well,” he added.