CSA Awards 2024: Retired Quinton de Kock gets ODI Player of the Year Award, Marco Jansen gets biggest honour

CSA Awards 2024: Quinton de Kock, who retired from ODI cricket after the World Cup 2023, was named South Africa's ODI Player of the Year. The left-hand batter smashed four hundreds in the ICC event, and finished as the third-highest run-scorer after India's Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

De Kock scored 594 runs in 10 matches at an average of 59.40, and a strike rate of 107.02. He hit a hundred each time he crossed the 50-run mark. The glorious run saw him hit 57 fours, and 21 sixes. Also, he had the most number of hundreds in the World Cup 2023.

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Further, opener Reeza Hendricks was named T20I Player of the Year at the CSA awards. In 2023, the 35-year-old right-hander scored 330 runs in eight matches at an average of 41.25, and a strike rate of 160.19. However, in 2024 he has only scored 297 runs in 15 matches at an average of 297, and a strike rate of 118.32.

The biggest honour - CSA Player of the Year - went to pacer Marco Jansen. The 24-year-old left-arm pacer picked 17 wickets in the ODI World Cup 2023. He also scored 406 runs in 23 ODI matches in 2023. Jansen played three Test matches in 2023 and picked 12 wickets including four against India in the Boxing Day match. He also scored 84 unbeaten runs in the first innings which helped South Africa beat India by an innings and 32 runs.

Further, David Bedingham was named CSA Test Player of the Year for his impressive start in the format. He scored 87 in the second innings against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui, and followed it up with a second innings hundred in Hamilton.

Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who made a remarkable comeback from an Achilles injury to play in the ODI World Cup, was voted Players' Player of the Year by his teammates for his outstanding performances, leadership, and sportsmanship throughout the season.

The awards covered achievements from May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024. Performances at the Men's T20 World Cup 2024 and Test and T20I series in the West Indies will be considered in the next year's awards. The ceremony was held in September to ensure all nationally contracted players could attend, as they are often unavailable in May due to the IPL.