The best sides always possess all-rounders, if not necessarily one pivotal player who can claim a place either as batsman or bowler.

He became a pivotal player and goal scorer in the club's fight to avoid relegation.

They are institutes which serve as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country/state.

I don't know what they are good at, who the pivotal players and coaches are, which direction they are heading in.

Within his first season with his new club, he became one of their most pivotal players.