ICC Champions Trophy 2017: South Africa vs Pakistan, 5 things South Africa did wrong on the night

#1 Keeping back Tahir with rain looming large

Tahir was strangely confined to fielding for the majority of Pakistan's innings

de Villiers had few options with a low total on the board. But with the pitch slow, Imran Tahir was expected to be a vital factor. Morne Morkel picked up three wickets with his skillful bowling but bizarrely de Villiers kept Tahir back after four overs from the leggie.

He resorted to Wayne Parnell, who had gone for plenty in his first two overs and Kagiso Rabada to take wickets. Even as rain threatened to fall, there was no sign of Tahir, South Africa's biggest weapon. The fall of Hafeez's wicket to Morkel should have prompted de Villiers to go back to Tahir but it didn't and eventually, the Duckworth-Lewis par score was easily crossed by Pakistan.