Hendrik Erasmus “Rassie” van der Dussen, a South African professional cricket player who competes for both Gauteng and the South Africa national cricket team, was born on February 7, 1989. He was one of the five Cricketers of the Year in the 2018 South African Cricket Annual.
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Van der Dussen won the International Men’s Newcomer of the Year award at Cricket South Africa’s annual awards presentation in August 2019. He received a central contract with Cricket South Africa for the 2019–20 season later that month.
Club Career
Rassie van der Dussen has also been associated with a number of clubs. In the first season of Global T20 Canada, he was the leading scorer for the Vancouver Knights. As a result of his performance, he scored 255 runs in matches.
In the 2018 Mzansi Superleague, he again emerged as the top scorer for Jodi Stars. As a result of his 469 runs, the Jodi Stars won the inaugural season of the tournament.
He has also played for Highveld Lions and Northerns.
Domestic career of Rassie van der Dussen:
The Cape Town Knight Riders selected Van der Dussen in August 2017 in preparation for the inaugural T20 Global League. In October 2017, Cricket South Africa delayed the event to November 2018, and it was then cancelled.
With 959 runs in 10 games, van der Dussen led all scorers throughout the 2017–18 Sunfoil Series. With 348 runs in 10 matches, he tied for the most runs scored in the 2018–19 CSA T20 Challenge tournament. He was included in Gauteng’s team in April 2021, in time for the South African cricket season of 2021–2022.
T20 franchise career of Rassie van der Dussen
The Vancouver Knights selected van der Dussen in the player draft for the inaugural Global T20 Canada competition on June 3rd, 2018. With 255 runs in eight games, he led the Vancouver Knights in scoring during the tournament. He was selected for the Highveld Lions team for the 2018–19 campaign in the same month.
During the first Mzansi Super League T20 event in October 2018, Van der Dussen was selected for the Jozi Stars team. Van der Dussen will represent the Vancouver Knights franchise side in the 2019 Global T20 Canada competition in June 2019. In September of that year, he was included on the Jozi Stars team’s roster for the 2019 Mzansi Super League. In December 2019, Islamabad United selected him as their final pick in the supplemental round of the 2020 Pakistan Super League player draft.
Van der Dussen was selected for the St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots roster for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League in July of that year. Van der Dussen, however, was one of five South African cricketers who did not compete in the event as a result of not making timely travel arrangements. He was purchased by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2022 Indian Premier League auction in February of that year.
International career of Rassie van der Dussen:
Van der Dussen was selected for South Africa’s Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Zimbabwe in September 2018. On October 9, 2018, he played in his first T20I for South Africa against Zimbabwe. The South African One Day International (ODI) team against Pakistan in January 2019 included him. On January 19, 2019, he played his first ODI for South Africa against Pakistan. Van der Dussen made his ODI debut and was within seven runs of his first century. Three days later, at Kingsmead Stadium, he recorded an unbeaten 80. Over the course of the five ODIs, he scored 241 runs overall, for an average of 120.5.
Then, in March 2019, van der Dussen was kept on for the ODI series against Sri Lanka. In four ODIs, he scored 112 runs, including one fifty, and concluded the series with a 56-run average. The 2019 Cricket World Cup will take place in April, and he will be part of the South African team. The South African Test team against England in December 2019 included him. On December 26, 2019, he took the field for South Africa in a Test match against England. Prior to the 2020–21 season, Cricket South Africa granted him a national contract in March 2020.
Achievements of Rassie van der Dussen:
In January 2022, he won the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year award for calendar year 2021.
Batting and Bowling Stats:
Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
| Test | 18 | 32 | 2 | 905 | 98 | 30.17 | 2221 | 40.75 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 101 | 4 |
| ODI | 45 | 40 | 11 | 1757 | 134 | 60.59 | 1959 | 89.69 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 129 | 30 |
| T20I | 41 | 37 | 8 | 1044 | 94 | 36.0 | 811 | 128.73 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 66 | 45 |
| IPL | 3 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 11.0 | 24 | 91.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
| Test | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ODI | 45 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| IPL | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Is Rassie van der Dussen a good batsman?
In terms of churning out runs, there is absolutely no comparison. It can be argued that Van der Dussen is the best in the world at it as well. Across 34 innings, the right-handed batter has 1,674 runs at an average of 69.75. That’s incredible.