{"id":9920,"date":"2025-12-06T15:50:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=668306"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:20:40","slug":"ind-vs-sa-3rd-odi-virat-kohli-applauds-quinton-de-kock-as-sa-opener-equals-jayasuriyas-record-with-7th-ton-vs-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-sa-3rd-odi-virat-kohli-applauds-quinton-de-kock-as-sa-opener-equals-jayasuriyas-record-with-7th-ton-vs-india\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs SA, 3rd ODI: Virat Kohli applauds Quinton de Kock as SA opener equals Jayasuriya\u2019s record with 7th ton vs India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"553\">Quinton de Kock\u2019s love affair with Indian bowling continued in the 3rd ODI at Visakhapatnam as the South African wicketkeeper-batter brought up a majestic century \u2014 his <strong data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"462\">sixth ODI hundred against India<\/strong>, drawing level with Sanath Jayasuriya for the most tons by a visiting batter versus India.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"910\">The moment was special not just for South Africa but also for cricket fans worldwide as <strong data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"748\">Virat Kohli, stationed at cover, broke into an appreciative smile and applauded de Kock\u2019s achievement<\/strong>. The Indian star, known for his competitive fire, acknowledged the class of the knock, even as de Kock sealed the milestone with a towering six off Harshit Rana.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"912\" data-end=\"1213\">De Kock weathered early movement, batted with composure, and then opened up as the innings progressed\u2014eventually raising his bat to a standing ovation from teammates and a warm gesture from Kohli. The century further cements de Kock\u2019s status as one of the most consistent ODI performers against India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quinton de Kock\u2019s love affair with Indian bowling continued in the 3rd ODI at Visakhapatnam as the South African wicketkeeper-batter\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}