Quinton De Kock's Struggles Continue With Disappointing Ipl Opener

Quinton de Kock made a poor start to his 2025 Indian Premier League IPL campaign as he was out cheaply for the Kolkata Knight Riders KKR over the weekend, but this does not come as much of a surprise as hes been struggling for form for some time already.

De Kock, opening the batting for KKR against Royal Challengers Bangalore , was out for four after facing five balls in the first over of the innings.

In the 2024 IPL, De Kock was in his third season with the Lucknow Super Giants and made just 250 runs from 11 games. Though he had a highest score of 81, his average again was around the 20 mark with his return of 22.7.

The former Proteas prodigy De Kock announced his shock retirement from Test cricket in 2021 at the age of 29. He would go on to call it quits from One-Day International cricket after the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

While he is still available for the Proteas in T20 Internationals, his form, which has become noticeably more inconsistent, and he has already not featured for South Africa since the ill-fated T20 World Cup final against India in June last year.