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Quinton de Kock entered his name within the history books on Saturday by becoming the primary South African cricketer to attain 3,000 runs in T20Is.
Quinton de Kock becomes first South African to attain 3000 runs in T20Is. (Picture Credit: AP)
Quinton de Kock scored 20 runs from 14 balls for South Africa of their third Group D match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 on Saturday, February 14. During his stay on the crease for the Proteas within the 176-run chase against Recent Zealand at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, De Kock hammered 3 fours and 1 six for the Aiden Markram-led side. De Kock opened his account by scoring a boundary on the fifth ball of the primary over of South Africa’s innings bowled by Kiwi pacer Matt Henry.
The 4 off Henry’s bowling helped De Kock extend his tally of runs to 3002 in T20Is. De Kock, who got here out of retirement last yr to play for South Africa within the T20 World Cup 2026, is the primary cricketer from the rainbow nation to attain 3,000 runs within the 20-over format of the sport.
He has 3,018 runs to his credit in 105 T20I matches played up to now.
De Kock scored his 3000th run in T20Is for South Africa on the 2106th ball he faced. He’s the fifth fastest batter on this planet by way of balls taken to attain 3000 runs.
Fastest to 3000 runs in T20Is
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | BALLS |
| Suryakumar Yadav | India | 1822 |
| Muhammad Waseem | UAE | 1947 |
| Jos Buttler | England | 2068 |
| Aaron Finch | Australia | 2077 |
| Quinton de Kock | South Africa | 2106 |
| David Warner | Australia | 2113 |
| Rohit Sharma | India | 2149 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 2169 |
Within the list of batters with probably the most runs for South Africa in T20Is, De Kock is followed by David Miller, Reeza Hendricks, JP Duminy and Aiden Markram, who’ve scored 2672, 2504, 1934 and 1830, respectively.
Most runs for South Africa in T20Is
| PLAYER | MATCHES | INNINGS | RUNS | BEST SCORE | AVERAGE | STRIKE RATE | 100/50 | 4/6s |
| Quinton de Kock | 105 | 104 | 3018 | 115 | 31.36 | 142.42 | 2/19 | 304/128 |
| David Miller | 133 | 118 | 2672 | 106* | 34.25 | 141.37 | 2/8 | 173/134 |
| Reeza Hendricks | 90 | 89 | 2504 | 117 | 28.78 | 129.20 | 1/18 | 268/70 |
| JP Duminy | 81 | 75 | 1934 | 96* | 38.68 | 126.24 | 0/11 | 138/71 |
| Aiden Markram | 72 | 68 | 1830 | 86* | 31.55 | 147.22 | 0/13 | 170/77 |
| AB de Villiers | 78 | 75 | 1672 | 79* | 26.12 | 135.16 | 0/10 | 140/60 |
| Faf du Plessis | 47 | 47 | 1466 | 119 | 36.65 | 134.24 | 1/10 | 135/47 |
| Rassie van der Dussen | 57 | 53 | 1406 | 94* | 33.47 | 128.75 | 0/10 | 89/62 |
| Hashim Amla | 41 | 41 | 1158 | 97* | 32.16 | 131.14 | 0/7 | 133/23 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 58 | 53 | 1000 | 81 | 23.25 | 141.84 | 0/5 | 72/52 |
De Kock, who’s South Africa’s first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in white-ball cricket, is overall the third designated wicketkeeper-batter on this planet, after England’s Jos Buttler and Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan, to attain 3000 runs in T20Is.
Most runs in T20Is by wicketkeeper-batters
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | RUNS | BEST SCORE |
| Jos Buttler | England | 122 | 3555 | 101* |
| Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 91 | 3053 | 104* |
| Quinton de Kock | South Africa | 104 | 3005 | 115 |
| Mohammad Shahzad | Afghanistan | 72 | 2030 | 118* |
| Kusal Mendis | Sri Lanka | 72 | 1987 | 86 |
QDK breaks Dhoni’s reocrd
De Kock accomplished one catch within the T20 World Cup 2026 match played between South Africa and Recent Zealand on Saturday (February 14). The catch of Kiwi opener Tim Seifert on the second ball of the fourth over of Recent Zealand’s innings bowled by Marco Jansen helped De Kock break Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of most dismissals within the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Dhoni played 33 T20 World Cup matches for the Indian team from 2007 to 2016 and accomplished 32 dismissals, which included 21 catches and 11 stumpings. Then again, by taking Seifert’s catch, De Kock has prolonged his tally of dismissals to 33 in 30 T20 World Cup matches for South Africa.
February 14, 2026, 23:48 IST
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