Pretorius: It's a dream realised

Rising star Lhuan-dré Pretorius said it was a 'dream come true' after being given an opportunity to bat with his childhood hero, Quinton de Kock, in the first one-day international (ODI) between South Africa and Pakistan in Faisalabad on Tuesday.

- Wesley Botton

In 2017, when Pretorius was seven years old, he took a pic with De Kock, and with his older compatriot returning to the national side after two years in the international wilderness, Pretorius got the opportunity of a lifetime in his ODI debut.

The duo shared a 98-run partnership for the first wicket in the Proteas' narrow two-wicket defeat against Pakistan in the first of three ODI matches.