In the very first match of Super-8 in T20 World Cup 2024, Quinton de Kock's bat performed so well that the American bowlers were left watching. De Kock played a brilliant innings of 74 runs in 40 balls against America. 5 sixes and 7 fours came off his bat. De Kock's strike rate was 185. On the basis of his innings, South Africa scored a big score on the pitch of Antigua. But left arm spinner Harmeet Singh did the job of silencing De Kock.

De Kock fails in front of Harmeet

Harmeet Singh trapped De Kock on his ball. While trying to hit a six on his ball, he got caught by Shayan Jahangir. After dismissing De Kock, Harmeet Singh also dismissed David Miller on the very next ball. Harmeet took 2 wickets for just 24 runs in 4 overs.

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Will he convert his start into a big knock?

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De Kock's innings was amazing

By the way, De Kock's innings was really amazing. De Kock scored a half-century for the first time in this T20 World Cup, before this he had failed in four innings. De Kock adopted an aggressive approach from the beginning and attacked the American bowlers all out. He hit three consecutive sixes in Jasdeep Singh's over and on the basis of his stormy innings, the South African team reached fifty runs in just 4.5 overs. De Kock scored a half-century in just 26 balls and he managed to make a century partnership with Markram in 55 balls.

The South African team scored a mammoth total of 194 runs in 20 overs in Antigua. Apart from De Kock, captain Markram scored 46 runs. Klaasen scored an unbeaten 36 runs and Stubbs scored an unbeaten 20 runs.