Quinton de Kock (born 17 December 1992) is a South African professional cricketer who plays for the Titans at the domestic level and the South African national team. He also plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League. He was named the Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's 2017 Annual Awards.

Quinton de Kock

Personal information
Full name	Quinton de Kock
Born	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 25) Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Batting	Left-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper-batsman
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 317)	20 February 2014 v Australia
Last Test	20 July 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 105)	19 January 2013 v New Zealand
Last ODI	12 August 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	12
T20I debut	21 December 2012 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009–2011	Highveld Lions
2011–present	Titans (squad no. 12)
2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 12)
2014–2017	Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 12{formerly 3})
2018-	Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 69)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 35 93 64 134 Runs scored 1,925 3,996 4,070 5,382 Batting average 36.32 45.40 41.11 42.71 100s/50s 3/13 13/16 9/26 17/22 Top score 129* 178 194 178 Balls bowled – – 6 – Wickets – – 0 – Bowling average – – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – n/a – n/a Best bowling – – – – Catches/stumpings 141/9 125/7 235/14 163/13
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 August 2018

He is widely regarded as one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen in the world and has drawn comparisons with former Australian great Adam Gilchrist. An opening batsman and wicket-keeper, de Kock made his domestic debut for the Highveld Lions during the 2012/2013 season. He quickly caught the national selectors' eye when he starred in a match-winning partnership with Neil McKenzie in the Champions League T20 against Mumbai Indians. He also finished fourth on the first-class rankings, despite playing only six of the 10 matches that summer.

He made his international debut in the first match of South Africa's home Twenty20 International series against the touring New Zealanders during the 2012/13 season. He was asked to keep wickets in place of AB de Villiers, who asked to be rested. He has since played regularly for the team at both One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) level. In February 2014, he also made his Test debut for South Africa, playing solely as a batsman.

By his 20th ODI match, he had already scored five centuries. He became the fourth player to score three successive one-day centuries and the second player to score four ODI centuries before his 21st birthday. In his 74th ODI, against Sri Lanka on 10 February 2017, he became the fastest player to complete 12 ODI hundreds, bettering Hashim Amla, who had achieved the landmark in 81 innings.

Before joining the Titans in 2015, de Kock played domestic cricket for Gauteng and the Highveld Lions. He has also played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils and will represent Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018. He is one of the most explosive young batsmen in the world with a knack for always scoring quick runs. Although he opens the batting in One Day International and T20 cricket, he primarily bats in the middle order in Test cricket. On 22 July 2018 during the second test match against Sri Lanka, he went onto become the fastest wicketkeeper in terms of matches (35) to effect in 150 test dismissals.