Quinton de Kock dominated the Cricket South Africa Awards this year as he won multiple awards for his excellent show in 2019. The wicketkeeper-batsman was named as the Test Cricketer Of The Year, SA Men's Players' Player of the Year and SA Men's Cricketer Of The Year.

The 27-year old has earmarked a lot of success in recent years. However, it was 2019 where he displayed his dominance with the bat. With his stupendous batting across formats, Quinton was amongst the top run-scorers for the Proteas throughout the year.

774 runs at an average 48.37 with a strike rate in excess of 100 ensured that de Kock had a splendid run in the ODIs. In the traditional format, he amassed 713 runs at a scintillating average of 47.53 alongside two tons.

Quinton also played a significant role for Mumbai Indians in their victorious IPL campaign. With 529 runs in 16 innings, he had the highest aggregate for MI.

Here we take you through some of his top knocks in 2019 where he showcased his masterclass with the bat.

94 (70) vs Sri Lanka, SuperSport Park.

2nd ODI

Batting in the top order, Quinton was off to a quick-fire start against the inexperienced Sri Lankan bowling attack. In a game that was otherwise dominated by bowlers, the wicketkeeper-batsman top-scored with 94 out of which 74 runs were scored in boundaries.

121 (108) vs Sri Lanka, Kingsmead.

3rd ODI

After three consecutive half-centuries on the trot, Quinton de Kock continued to display his fluency at the top with a fantastic ton. It not only allowed his team to post a total of 331 but also helped them seal the series 3-0 against Sri Lanka.

 

79* (52) vs India, Chinnaswamy.

3rd T20I

Trailing 0-1 in the T20I series with one match to go, South Africa were in a must-win situation. After restricting the Men in Blue for 140, Quinton put up a stellar performance with the bat. He not only gave the visitors a good start but also finished the game to save the series for South Africa.

129 (138) vs Pakistan, Wanderers.

3rd Test

After taking a first-innings lead of 77, South Africa found themselves in a spot of bother at 93/5. Batting with Amla and then the tail enders, de Kock compiled a brilliant ton which put his team in the driver's seat, as they posted a total of 303. The Proteas won by 107 runs.

95 (128) vs England, Centurion.

Boxing Day Test

Pitted against a fiery pace attack in the form of James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Jofra Archer, the hosts were struggling at 97/4 in the first innings. However, de Kock stood out with the bat as his gritty knock of 95 helped South Africa post a total in excess of 300. They ended up winning the match by 107 runs.

What has Quinton de Kock been doing during the lockdown?

Quinton spoke in detail about his routine in the ongoing lockdown, his opinion on resumption of cricket and his workload on becoming the white-ball captain to cricbuzz.com

Routine during lockdown

"I'll give you my honest opinion, I haven't done anything. Obviously I've kept up with fitness. I've done my training in the gym and what not, but I haven't hit a ball yet. I'm sure other guys have trained, but I needed a break to spend time with myself, my family and friends. But as soon as we get the full go-ahead, when serious cricket is going to happen, then I'll get back into it."

"There's still so much time until the next serious cricket game is going to happen. So to go back to serious training, I don't know when it needs to happen. I mean, you can go back to hitting balls, for now. But we could actually be hitting balls for no reason. That's where I feel I'm at."

On resumption of cricket

"It's going to be tough to play professional games. We're going to have so many regulations. Realistically, I don't foresee cricket being played (in South Africa) for a while. I'm talking at least a month. Obviously we've got the three-game thing, so we'll play that. But international cricket, I don't know."