Despite de kock

Despite De Kock: Former Australia captain Aaron Finch believes the reason behind Mumbai Indians (MI) batter Quinton de Kock’s calm and composed century against the Punjab Kings (MI) is that he is at peace with his career, which allows him to play without the burden of expectations.

De Kock was not the first-choice opener for the Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026; he got the opportunity to play against PBKS after Rohit Sharma was rested for the match due to injury. Despite coming as a replacement, De Kock played an unbeaten knock of 112 runs.

“The difference between Quinton de Kock and somebody else coming in in that position, where you’ve been sitting on the bench, is that he’s probably pretty content with his career. He’s thinking, you know what, I’m going to be back-up most likely. He gets an opportunity when Rohit gets injured. So he comes in, and he’s just relaxed, he’s calm. His heart rate doesn’t seem to be above 60 too often. Nothing seems to faze him," Finch said on ESPNCricinfo.