World Cup 2019: 7 Underrated players who did exceedingly well

#6 Rassie van der Dussen - South Africa

Rassie despite being a late starter might have a big international career

South Africa had the worst possible start to their WC campaign as they lost three games at the start. To add insult to the injury, reports started circulating that AB de Villiers made a late attempt to come out of retirement and play the WC. But the management went ahead with Rassie van der Dussen who was brought into the team to replace de Villiers.

Debuting in January 2019, van der Dussen had an excellent start to his ODI career with three 50s from first four games. He continued it in the World Cup as well. Against England, SA was in the chase with half-centuries from him and Quinton de Kock.

Although he failed to capitalize his starts against India and Bangladesh, it was his sensible knock of 67* that helped the Proteas post a competitive total against New Zealand. His best knock came against Australia as he formed a formidable partnership with Faf du Plessis.

He started slowly but went all guns blazing at the death to score 95 off 97 balls. He was the lone bright spot for South Africa in a disappointing campaign as he scored more runs (311 in six inns) than de Kock (305 in nine inns) and Hashim Amla (203 in seven inns).