De Kock showing maturity beyond years: Coach

Ishant Sharma might think that Quinton de Kock was lucky to get three back-to-back hundreds in the ODI series against India but the young South African's coach Geoffrey Toyana is not the least bit surprised that the 20-year-old has sparkled so early in his career.
Team India crumbled at the Wanderers in the first ODI when chasing 359, and then again at Kingsmead even when the target came down to 281. Then at Supersport Park, India were left 302 to chase. De Kock was central to all three Proteas' totals.
With three successive hundreds at Johannesburg, Durban and Centurion, de Kock became only the fifth batsman in ODI history to do so.

"The way he bats, can you believe he is only 20 years old?" asked Geoffrey Toyana, head coach of the Highveld Lions, the franchise de Kock plays for in South Africa's premier domestic T20 competition.
De Kock emulated fellow South African opener Herschelle Gibbs who scored three-on-the-run against Bangladesh, India and Kenya in 2002. Only, de Kock did it in the same series, and is the only batsman in ODI cricket to boast of this feat.
He equalled Ireland's Paul Stirling record of four ODI hundreds before the age of 21, doing so just in time for he celebrates his 21st birthday on December 17.

Also, he also has batted the fewest innings to score four ODI hundreds, and has most hundreds before scoring an ODI fifty. Yes, he has a hundred per-cent conversion rate so far.

Needless to say, de Kock has become the cynosure of all eyes in South African cricket.
"He bats with such maturity and patience, yet scores quickly. His innings at Johannesburg was easy, he was barely moving his feet in the second half of his century, just hitting across the line on that pitch. Durban was a lot tougher because it was a slower wicket.
"There is a lot of expectation riding on him already and he hasn't disappointed so far," he added.

De Kock was the highest run-getter in that 2012-13 edition of the tournament which Lions went on to win. He scored 524 runs in 11 matches at an average of 52.40 at a strike-rate of 145.55.
In the Sunfoil Series, the 2012-13 first-class competition, he was the fourth highest run-getter, with 559 runs in 12 innings (6 matches) at 46.58.