Delhi: South African team veteran Quinton de Kock is counted among the best wicketkeepers in the world. He has won many matches for his national team on his own. De Kock looks very active on the field and his wicketkeeping skills are also amazing. The Super Eight stage match was played between South Africa and West Indies on Monday in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, in which the visiting team defeated the hosts by 3 wickets and made it to the semi-finals after 10 years.

Meanwhile, the dashing wicketkeeper etched his name in the pages of history by dismissing West Indies captain Rovman Powell by stumping him off a brilliant delivery from star spinner Keshav Maharaj.

In fact, De Kock has completed 100 catches in T20 International cricket and has become the first wicketkeeper in the world to do so. He has 82 catches and 18 stumpings to his name in T20 International. Even India's great wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni could not complete 100 dismissals in this format. The former captain has 91 catches (57 catches and 34 stumpings) to his name and he is second in this list after De Kock.

De Kock (100 dismissals) is at the top of the list of wicketkeepers with the most dismissals in T20 Internationals. He is followed by Mahendra Singh Dhoni (91 dismissals), Kenya's Irfan Karim (83 dismissals), England's Jos Buttler (79 dismissals) and West Indies' Dinesh Ramdin (63 dismissals).

How has Quinton de Kock's T20I career been?

On the other hand, if we look at de Kock's career, it has been quite brilliant. He made his debut for South Africa in 2012 and has been an important member of the team since then. The left-handed explosive opener has scored 2540 runs in 90 T20I matches, including 1 century and 16 half-centuries. His highest individual score has been 100 runs. His explosive batting has made him one of the dangerous batsmen in the world. De Kock is known not only for his wicketkeeping skills but also for his explosive batting.