World Cup 2019: 7 players who were under-utilized in the tournament

#4 Dwaine Pretorius - South Africa

Pretorius helped in the late resurgence of SA

No one expected South Africa to play the way they did in this World Cup. Injuries to key players like Dale Steyn and Lungi Ngidi dented their chances, but it was the team selection that cost them more.

South Africa were caught in a dilemma whether to play four fast bowlers or replace two of them with bowling all-rounders. The lack of experience in the middle order forced the team management to add depth to the batting and hence the all-rounders were preferred.

Dwaine Pretorius played the first game against England and was dropped for the next one. He was brought back in the penultimate game against Sri Lanka and made an instant impact with a man-of-the-match performance of 3-25 in 10 overs.

Against Australia, he picked the crucial wickets of David Warner and Steve Smith to end South Africa's World Cup campaign with a win. Pretorius provided perfect support to Kagiso Rabada, which was lacking for the Proteas in their losses.