Five things you need to know about India tormentor De Kock

Quinton de Kock scored two centuries in as many games against India in the ongoing ODI series against South Africa — fulfilling the potential that saw his country rate him so highly.

Here are five things you need to know about South Africa’s baby-faced assassin

- The 20-year-old wicket-keeper batsman from Gauteng went to the same school as Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie and was immediately touted for success in the game.

- And hasn’t he justified all the excitement surrounding him? De Kock also finds himself catching up to a fine statistic — the most ODI 100s before turning 21. Paul Stirling from Ireland has the most (4) followed by Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Shahzad and De Kock (all with three).

- De Kock, unlike his schoolmate Graeme Smith, hasn’t shown too many attributes to skipper a side. He captained the South Africa Under-19 team for a while before being released of the pressures so that his batting could flourish.

- De Kock has shown why the U-19 World Cup is such a fine marker for future stars. In the 2012 edition, he was the team’s best batsman with 284 runs in six matches at an average of 48.33.

- He hasn’t broken into the Test team yet, but De Kock has done well in T20 competition. In the 2012 CLT20 held in South Africa, he scored 51 not-out in a match-winning partnership with McKenzie for the Highveld Lions against Mumbai Indians. Hyderabad Sunrisers signed him at the 2013 IPL Player Auction for a base price of $20,000.