Twitter Reactions: Quinton de Kock runs riot over Aussie bowlers as SA begin series with a win

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South African batsman Quinton De Kock raises his helmet as he celebrates scoring a century (100 runs) during the ODI cricket match Australia against South Africa on September 30, 2016 at the Centurion cricket ground in Centurion. (Photo credit GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

The ODI series between the Saffers and the Aussies kick started with a bang at Centurion. The hosts emerged victorious in an action filled encounter. Earlier in the day, it was Faf du Plessis who won the toss as South Africa elected to field first.

Australia began in an emphatic fashion as David Warner and Aaron Finch tried to take full advantage of the powerplay before Wayne Parnell got Warner. Phehlukwayo who was only playing his second game had Finch and Steve Smith back to the pavilion in a single over.

George Bailey played a fantastic innings of 74 as John Hastings too made a valuable contribution with his fifty. Together, they took the Australian total close to 300. Dale Steyn came back well at the death as Australia were restricted to 294/9 in their quota of 50 overs.

Phehlukwayo got four wickets to be the pick of the bowlers for South Africa while Steyn also got a couple of wickets in spite of being expensive. Parnell and Imran Tahir also managed to get a wicket each. Kagiso Rabada was wicketless and was swayed away by the Aussie batsmen.

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The Australian bowlers were taken away to the cleaners by the South African openers. Both Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw put up a 145 runs partnership for the first wicket off just 103 balls. De Kock played a majestic innings of 178 from just 113 balls. The knock included 11 sixes and 16 boundaries as the Aussie bowlers took turns to get hit around the park.

South Africa did lose wickets in a haste at the end but they had done more than enough to win this, thanks to de Kock’s heroics. The Proteas chased the target in just 36.2 overs as they won the game by 6 wickets.

He broke a spate of records including the fastest to reach 11 centuries. Twitter had praises for him all over. However, the Australian bowling got trolled for their uselessness on the field. Duminy was deemed to be good for nothing by many.

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Here are some of the best tweets during the course of the game:

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