De Kock revives career with ton as South Africa rout Pakistan in second ODI

Quinton de Kock revived his international career with a fluent 22nd ODI century as South Africa hammered Pakistan by eight wickets in the second match and leveled the series I-I on Tuesday.

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The left-handed de Kock, who reversed his 2023 ODI retirement before the white-ball series in Pakistan, smashed an unbeaten 123 off 119 balls in the Proteas' chase of 270-2 in 40.1 overs.

Fast bowler Nandre Burger (4-46) and leg-spinner Nqabayomzi Peter (3-55)-the two changes South Africa made from its narrow loss in the first ODI-had picked up career-best figures to restrict Pakistan to 269-9 after South Africa lost its seventh consecutive toss on the tour.

The third and final match of the series is on Saturday at Faisalabad, which is hosting international games for the first time in 17 years.

The South African opening pair of de Kock and 19-year-old Lhuan-dre Pretorious (46) got engaged in yet another aggressive stand of 81 runs off 71 balls as Pakistan's fast bowlers erred repeatedly in hitting the right lengths.