On Wednesday, Could 18, Quinton de Kock made an unorthodox celebratory transfer after reaching his second IPL century in opposition to the Kolkata Knight Riders within the 66th recreation of the IPL 2022. The wicketkeeper-batter revealed the explanation behind his celebration and stated that it got here out of frustration.
The South African opener smacked his bat in pleasure and set free a yell to have a good time his hundred, which was his first within the IPL since 2016. Together with his knock, De Kock partnered with KL Rahul to register the very best opening partnership within the historical past of the IPL, 210. LSG defeated KKR by two runs in a tense encounter due to a scorching century by De Kock and an aggressive half-century by KL Rahul.
“I used to be slightly bit cooked (after his innings) nevertheless it was a matter of getting some refreshments and getting on with it I assume. It was a little bit of frustration that got here out (on his aggressive century celebrations). Felt actually good to return out and do properly. Was attempting to maintain it in, however when it got here out, felt good,” stated De Kock within the post-match presentation.
KKR performed very well, assessed situations properly, and got here laborious at us: De Kock
The opening duo smashed 210 runs in 20 overs as they put up an enormous complete for KKR to chase. De Kock contributed to most of it as he knocked an unbeaten 140*(70) thereby smashing 10 fours and as many huge sixes. Rahul took a backseat and De Kock was on a roll from the primary ball that he confronted. When requested if he had thought the sport to finish in such a detailed encounter, he stated:
“To be sincere, not likely. Clearly, they performed very well, assessed situations properly, and got here laborious at us. I believed he (Stoinis) would defend it simply. However when the primary three went, I believed the sport was performed for us. However that catch turned issues for us. As they are saying, good catches win matches.”
KKR required 21 runs off the ultimate over to achieve their goal of 211, and Rinku Singh hit 18 runs off 4 balls to carry down the sport to a few runs off the final two deliveries. Evin Lewis ultimately caught him off Marcus Stoinis’ supply on the penultimate ball, and LSG gained the sport by two runs.
