5 Current top cricketers and the records they created in Under-19 Internationals

2. The only centurion in Youth T20I cricket – Quinton de Kock

The T20I format is not much popular at the Under-19 level as only 12 Youth T20Is have been taken place till date. Only one individual century has been recorded across those 12 matches – Quinton de Kock in 2011. South Africa hosted Zimbabwe Under-19s in a 5-match ODI series and 2-match T20I series. De Kock made his Youth T20I debut during the 2nd game at the Cape Town’s Northerns-Goodwood CC Oval.

Zimbabwe U19s posted 151/8 in their 20 overs after electing to bat first as Roy Kaia scored an unbeaten 60 from 48 balls batting at No.4 position. South Africa lost their skipper Keaton Jennings (Present England Test cricketer) early on and were two down for 68 by 8th over. However, Quinton de Kock took the aggressive route as the keeper-batsman used the field restrictions to find boundaries.

He got to his fifty in 31 balls and took only 20 further deliveries to raise his century and also finish off the chase in only 15.5 overs. De Kock ended up with an unbeaten 102 off 51 balls with help of 13 fours and three maximums. In the very same game, he affected two stumpings and claimed a catch behind the stumps. These are the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a Youth T20I thus far.