SA vs BAN World Cup: South African opener Quinton de Kock has scored a century against Bangladesh in the 23rd match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. With this century, Quinton de Kock has made his place in the record list. Quinton de Kock has made his place in the list of batsmen who have scored most centuries in a single edition of the World Cup and has also left behind legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma.

Most centuries in a World Cup edition
5 – Rohit Sharma (2019)
4 – Kumar Sangakkara (2015)
3 – Mark Waugh (1996)
3 – Sourav Ganguly (2003)
3 – Matthew Hayden (2007)
3 – David Warner (2019)
3* – Quinton de Kock (2023)

Quinton de Kock has become the first batsman to score three centuries in a single edition of the World Cup. Before this, the only other African batsman to score two (or more) centuries in the same World Cup edition was AB de Villiers (two in 2011).

Most World Cup centuries for South Africa
4- AB de Villiers
3 – Quinton de Kock
2 – Herschelle Gibbs
2- Hashim Amla
2- Faf du Plessis

Fastest innings of 20th ODI century

108 – Hashim Amla
133-Virat Kohli
142 – David Warner
150 – Quinton de Kock
175 – AB de Villiers
183 – Rohit Sharma
195 – Ross Taylor
197 – Sachin Tendulkar