T20 World Cup: One X-Factor player from each team

7. Quinton de Kock (South Africa)

The best South African batsman & probably the best keeper-batsman in the world, Quinton de Kock is the most vital cog in the Proteas batting line-up. He may look like a teenager, but he surely is an assassin with the bat as well as with the gloves behind the stumps. 

He has played 55 T20Is and scored 1641 runs including nine fifties at an average just below 33 and a strike rate of 137.32. Over the years, he has matured quite well and has understood what his wicket means to the opposition. His biggest strength has been his attacking style of play right throughout his innings irrespective of the opposition.

After declining captaincy of South Africa, he would be eager to show his worth as a player in big tournaments & be the man his country requires him to be to be able to lift the T20 WC. With age on his side, if he continues to play similarly, don’t be surprised if his name is taken in the same breath as the likes of Adam Gilchrist, MS Dhoni, and Kumar Sangakkara.