Centurion, Jan. 28 -- South African batter Quinton de Kock stands just two runs away from touching the 12,000 run mark in T20 cricket heading into the second T20I against West Indies, starting in Centurion from Wednesday.

With a 1-0 lead in the series, Proteas will be taking on Windies in the second T20I at Centurion. He missed the first T20I and the leading run-getter and 'Player of the Tournament' of this recently-concluded SA20 winning season with Sunrisers Eastern Cape will be aiming to get some valuable game practice in his national colours before the T20 World Cup starts in February.

In 429 T20 matches across various leagues in franchise cricket and for his country, he has made a total of 11,198 runs in 429 matches and 415 innings...