South African wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock had caused a furore during the World Cup as he picked the IPL over the World Cup as the more emotionally intense tournament.

The purists who prefer international cricket over all the T20 leagues in the world, blasted De Kock for his comments. However, the 26-year-old cricketer did not get a chance to clarify his comments and what he exactly meant. He finally got it when he became the South African captain for the T20I series in India.

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He said, “What must I say? It is the biggest thing I have won so far. I haven't won a World Cup. So obviously once I win a World Cup, if I do, that will be the biggest ever thing I have done in my career. So far it is an IPL. I had played for a couple of teams but had never made the play-offs before. I played for Mumbai, we made the final and we won.”

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“So obviously it is a big achievement for any cricketer. There are so many things that cricketers these days want to be part of. They want to win IPL finals. They want to be part of World Cup finals and win them. Personally it's different for everyone. Everyone has their opinions. My opinion is mine. Their opinion is theirs. For me that's the biggest thing I have achieved so far,” he added.

(With inputs from ESPNCricInfo)