So many sixes in a match, Quinton de Kock has never done this before, the biggest innings ever played in CPL
Quinton de Kock played his first match in CPL 2024 and created history in it. This is because his innings were unmatched in many ways. The South African veteran hit so many sixes while playing for Barbados Royals in the match played on September 1, as much as he had not hit in an inning before this, let alone in his entire CPL career. The effect of Quinton de Kock's innings full of fours and sixes was that the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons team had no choice but to accept their defeat.
De Kock's blast, the team won the match 27 balls earlier
Quinton de Kock played an explosive innings while chasing the target set by Antigua and Barbuda Falcons. De Kock's team, i.e. Barbados Royals, had a target of scoring 146 runs in 20 overs to win, which they achieved 27 balls earlier by losing only 1 wicket. Barbados Royals won the match in just 15.3 overs. The biggest reason behind such a fast-paced victory was Quinton de Kock and the unmatched innings from his bat, due to which he was also chosen as the hero of the victory.
De Kock hit 5 sixes, before this he had hit only 4 sixes in CPL
Quinton de Kock, who came out to open for Barbados Royals, remained unbeaten till the end and scored 87 runs in just 45 balls. Played at a strike rate of 193.33, De Kock's innings included 5 sixes and 9 fours. Earlier, De Kock did not have 5 sixes in his entire CPL career. De Kock made his CPL debut in 2022. He had only 4 sixes to his name in the 7 matches played that year. After that, he is playing CPL this year. That means now the total number of sixes in his entire CPL career has become 9.
De Kock played the biggest innings in CPL
By the way, we will not only talk about sixes but also runs. De Kock has never played such a big innings before, as he played against Antigua and Barbuda Falcons on 1 September 2024. The innings of 87 runs is De Kock's biggest innings in CPL. Before this, his biggest innings was of 74 runs.
Played and won the first match in CPL 2024
If Barbados Royals played their first match on September 1 in CPL 2024 and won it, then the story of Quinton de Kock was also similar. De Kock also got full support from Rahkeem Cornwall in writing the script of victory for the Barbados Royals in the first match of CPL 2024. De Kock along with the heavyweight batsman added 80 runs for the opening wicket, which set the momentum of the match and helped Barbados Royals to register a big win easily.