We are not the favorites, but we will take advantage of it – van der Dussen

This will be the first Cricket World Cup campaign at the age of 30. He spoke of the excitement of the arrival of his team and his teammates in Cardiff for the pre-tournament matches., before the tournament opening on May 30th.

"I'm really excited, "he told the ICC. "It was a long build-up and a long month of preparation, and we arrived in Cardiff in good weather, we could not ask for more, I heard that the weather was worse here!"

Van der Dussen has been a key player in his country since its international debut in October 2018. It has averaged four half-centuries on average 88.25 in four decades, and its excellent performance since coming to power may have seen the light of day. place in the leading pack of South Africa comes at the time of the tournament.

However, he did not take long to congratulate his most famous teammates, citing the plethora of seasoned activists in the ranks of the Proteas as a reason not to stop them from continuing until the end. "In terms of our chances as a team, we have match winners throughout the training," he said.

"We have world-class players in Faf (du Plessis), Dale (Steyn), JP (Duminy), Imran (Tahir), there are so many.

"We're not the favorites of this tournament, it's probably the first time in a long time that we're not in the favorites, but we're going to use that to our advantage and I think we have a really strong chance."

Van der Dussen may have quickly started his international career, but he had to wait a long time before he could introduce himself. Even 12 months ago, playing in a World Cup seemed a long way off.

"I've been playing for a while now, and if you'd told me a year or two ago that I'd be here, I'd expect that a lot is going on at this time "there," he said.

"You see this as a possibility, it has always been a dream and a goal to represent my country, let alone at a World Cup.I am really honored to be here and there. look forward to it starting.It is the biggest stage of the world I have played a few games for South Africa and the last two years have been good for me.

"My basic concept was to play one game at a time and to be at its best every moment and every ball, and I'm going to try to keep it going, whether the stage is big or not, the basics of game remain the same. "

Van der Dussen and South Africa play two pre-season games before launching their campaign against England in the first match of the tournament.