World Cup 2019: Rating the performance of all the teams

#8 South Africa

Rating: 3/10

South Africa failed to make the semi-finals

Prior to the start of the tournament, many cricket pundits predicted that South Africa would make the top four. However, once the tournament started, fans and cricket experts were left baffled at South Africa’s performance.

Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir were in sublime form heading into the tournament. But once the World Cup started, their form dwindled along with South Africa’s hopes of lifting the World Cup. None of the senior players made any significant contributions with the bat or ball.

The Proteas suffered a major setback in their opening match against England when they lost by 104 runs. They followed it up with another surprising defeat against Bangladesh. SA started winning towards the latter part of the World Cup, but it was too late as they were already knocked.

South Africa ended their World Cup campaign with three wins out of nine games.