World Cup 2019: Underperforming XI of the tournament 

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Fans expected much more out of these players
Fans expected much more out of these players

Fast bowlers - Kagiso Rabada, Hassan Ali

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Kagiso Rabada 
Kagiso Rabada

Kagiso Rabada is one of the best fast bowlers across formats in the modern era. With injuries to pacers Dale Steyn and Lungi Ngidi, South Africa banked on Kagiso Rabada to win matches for them.

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Unfortunately, Rabada was far from his best in the World Cup. The Proteas quick did bowl a couple of menacing spells but he seemed to have run out of gas as the tournament progressed. Faf du Plessis, the South African skipper, felt that the IPL took a lot out of Rabada and was the prime reason for his poor show. In the end, Rabada finished with 11 wickets, but a lot more was expected ftom him.

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Hassan Ali
Hassan Ali

Hassan Ali had a great start to his international career and was making a mark ever since he represented Pakistan in the 2017 Champions Trophy. However, the 25-year-old had a torrid time at the World Cup.

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He picked up just 2 wickets in four games at an economy rate of 7.75 and was all over the place with his wayward line and length.

Here is the underperforming XI in full -

Martin Guptill, Fakhar Zaman, Shoaib Malik, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Sarfaraz Khan (c & wk), Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Hassan Ali, Kuldeep Yadav

Also read – Most matches played in world cup by a player

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