De Kock's stormy century (Photo-PTI)

Quinton de Kock: The player on whom no other team except Mumbai placed bets in the IPL auction, the player who was kept out of the last four matches, has now done wonders in IPL 2026. We are talking about Quinton de Kock who scored a brilliant century against Punjab Kings. De Kock played a century in just 53 balls. This player completed his century on the basis of 7 sixes and 7 fours. This is De Kock's first century in IPL 2026 and third century of his IPL career. De Kock scored unbeaten 112 runs in 60 balls.

De Kock made this great record

quinton dekock Has also made a big record in his name by scoring a century against Punjab Kings. De Kock is the first foreign player to score centuries for three different teams in the IPL. De Kock has scored centuries while playing for Delhi Daredevils, Lucknow Supergiants and now Mumbai Indians. Let us tell you that Mumbai bought De Kock in this season's IPL auction at the base price of Rs 1 crore. No other team even bet on him.

De Kock scored 9th century in T20

Let us tell you that Quinton de Kock has scored his 9th century in T20 cricket. He is the wicketkeeper-batsman who has scored the most centuries in T20 history. This player has equaled Virat Kohli, Riley Rousseau, Sahibzada Farhan in terms of T20 centuries.

Well, that's how you make a return. 😊

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De Kock-Naman Dheer's century partnership

Quinton de Kock got a chance in the playing eleven due to Rohit Sharma's injury. De Kock opened his account by hitting a six on his very first ball. However, after this Mumbai lost the wickets of Richlton and Suryakumar Yadav. Mumbai team was in trouble but De Kock did not stop and Naman Dheer supported him. There was a century partnership between Naman Dheer and De Kock. Naman Dheer and De Kock made a partnership of 122 runs in 68 balls. On the basis of this partnership, Mumbai scored 195 runs in 20 overs. Naman Dheer scored 50 runs in 31 balls.

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