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De Kock sets a record as a wicketkeeper-batsman  (wicketkeeper ) 

Quinton de Kock: South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock is currently playing in the SA20. He is part of the Sunrisers Eastern Cape team in this tournament. In the ongoing league, Sunrisers Eastern Cape faced Pretoria Capitals on December 29. In this match, wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock achieved a major milestone. He became the first wicketkeeper      (wicketkeeper )   to score 10,000 runs as an opener in T20s.

Quinton de Kock played a brilliant innings of 77 runs
In the match against Pretoria Capitals, De Kock played an innings of 77 runs off 47 balls. During this innings, he hit five fours and six sixes. It was during this innings that he became the first wicketkeeper to score 10,000 runs as an opener. No other player has achieved this feat before him. Currently, no other player is even close to this record. Quinton de Kock will once again be seen playing for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming IPL season. Mumbai bought him at his base price of 2 crore in the mini-auction.

These batsmen are also included in the Top 5
At number two on the list is Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan. Mohammad Rizwan has scored 6284 runs in 159 matches as an opener and wicketkeeper in T20s. Jos Buttler is at number three on the list. He has scored 5104 runs in 143 matches. Pakistan’s Kamran Akmal is at number four with 4493 runs. His compatriot Mohammad Shahzad is at number five with 3894 runs in 149 matches. Sunrisers set a target of 189 runs for Pretoria.
In the match played between Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Pretoria Capitals, the Sunrisers Eastern Cape team, batting first, scored 188 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Apart from Quinton de Kock, Matthew Breetzke also scored a half-century in this match. He was dismissed after scoring 52 runs off 33 balls with the help of 7 fours and one six. Jordan Hermann scored 37 runs off 20 balls. In terms of bowling, Tymal Mills took the most wickets with 2, while Lungi Ngidi, Wihan Lubbe, and Bryce Parsons took one wicket each. Now it remains to be seen whether the Pretoria team will be able to chase down this target.