In the mega auction of 2022, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) had roped in de Kock for ₹6.75 crore. He spent three years at the franchise, before heading to the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a sum of ₹3.4 crore last year. However, KKR let go of him too, and MI secured him as a back-up for fellow South African Ryan Rickelton.
Brought into the team as a replacement for the injured Rohit Sharma, de Kock made an impact straightaway, by finishing with a score of 112 off 60 deliveries.
The southpaw, who was a key part of MI’s title-winning units in 2019 and 2020, returned to MI for a sum of ₹1 crore in the auction last December.
In the mega auction of 2022, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) had roped in de Kock for ₹6.75 crore. He spent three years at the franchise, before heading to the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a sum of ₹3.4 crore last year. However, KKR let go of him too, and MI secured him as a back-up for fellow South African Ryan Rickelton./span>
Quinton’s innings was laden with eight fours and seven maximums, as he stayed not out until the very end.
However, the important aspect in that knock was that he didn’t deter from resorting to rotation of the strike when required either. The early dismissals of Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav meant that one of the top-order batters wrestled obliged to play a long haul. However, the emphasis on anchors lately has diminished in cricket, which is where de Kock’s innings stood out, as him staying one put on end ensured that MI could steer their way to a competitive score of 195/6 on a fairly challenging surface at home.
First Published: Apr 16, 2026 9:19 PM IST