His name is Hendrik Erasmus “Rassie” van der Dussen, and he is a professional cricketer from South Africa. He is a member of the South African national cricket team, and he also plays for Gauteng in the domestic cricket competition. He was recognized as one of the five finalists for the title of Cricketer of the Year in the South African Cricket Annual for 2018. Awarded the title of International Men’s Newcomer of the Year at Cricket South Africa’s annual award event, van der Dussen received this honor in August 2019.
In the latter part of the same month, Cricket South Africa presented him with a central contract for the 2019–20 season. Throughout the 2017–18 Sunfoil Series, Van der Dussen amassed 959 runs over 10 matches, making him the player with the highest run total. During the 2018–19 CSA T20 Challenge competition, he scored 348 runs throughout ten matches, making him one of the players who tied for the most runs scored. Ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa, he was selected for the Gauteng team in April of 2021 according to the announcement.
After participating in the players’ draft for the first-ever Global T20 Canada event, van der Dussen was chosen to play for the Vancouver Knights on June 3, 2018. This was the first time the competition had been held. Because he scored 255 runs throughout eight matches, he was the player who led the Vancouver Knights in run scoring for the tournament. Within the same month, he was selected to be a member of the Highveld Lions team for the upcoming 2018–19 championship season.
The Jozi Stars decided to include van der Dussen in their roster for the first Mzansi Super League Twenty20 event, which took place in October 2018. His selection to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise side in the 2019 Global T20 Canada event took place in June of this year. He was designated as a member of the Jozi Stars side that would compete in the 2019 Mzansi Super League competition. This announcement was made in September of 2019. In the extra round of the 2020 Pakistan Super League players draft, which took place in December 2019, Islamabad United selected him as their last selection before moving on to the next participant.
Rassie van der Dussen Biography
| Name | Rassie van der Dussen |
| Full Name | Hendrik Erasmus “Rassie” van der Dussen |
| Date of Birth | 7 February 1989 |
| Place of Birth | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Southafrican |
| Father’s Name | NA |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | Lara van der Dussen |
| Marriage Date | December 31, 2023 |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right arm leg break |
| ODI Debut | 19 January 2019. vs. Pakistan |
| Test Debut | 26 December 2019 vs. England |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
The St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots announced in July 2020 that van der Dussen will be a member of their team for the Caribbean Premier League in 2020. Despite this, van der Dussen was one of five South African cricketers who did not participate in the event because they were unable to finalize their travel arrangements promptly. The Rajasthan Royals were the ones who purchased him during the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition, which took place in February of that year.
2024 saw the signing of Van der Dussen to a contract with the Lahore Qalandars, a team that competed in the Pakistan Super League. A Twenty20 International (T20I) series between South Africa and Zimbabwe was scheduled to begin in September of 2018, and van der Dussen was added to the roster. On October 9, 2018, he made his debut for South Africa in a Twenty20 International match against Zimbabwe. He was selected to be a member of South Africa’s One-Day International (ODI) team for the series that they were going to play against Pakistan in January 2019.
On January 19, 2019, he first appeared for South Africa in a one-day international match against Pakistan. The first time van der Dussen played a one-day international, he came within seven runs of earning his first century, but he was out for 93 runs. Three days after this, he went on to score an undefeated 80 at Kingsmead Stadium, which was his next game. Across the five one-day internationals, he ended the series with 241 runs, averaging 120.5 runs per game.
In March 2019, Van der Dussen was then retained for the one-day international series that was played against Sri Lanka. At the end of the series, he ended with an average of 56 runs, having scored 112 runs in four one-day internationals, including one fifty. The announcement that he will be a part of South Africa’s team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup came in April of this year. It was announced in December 2019 that he would be a part of South Africa’s Test team heading into their series against England.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12* | 11.00 | 24 | 91.67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12* | 11.00 | 24 | 91.67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
It was on December 26, 2019, that he made his debut for South Africa in a test match game against England. Within March in the year 2020, Cricket South Africa presented him with a national contract in preparation for the 2020–21 season. In the inaugural one-day international match, which took place in April 2021 against Pakistan, van der Dussen achieved his maiden century in an ODI to the tune of 123 not out. Additionally, he became the oldest cricketer for South Africa to hit his first century in a one-day international match when he did so at the age of 32 years and 54 days.
In September of 2021, van der Dussen was selected to be a member of South Africa’s team that will compete in the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World League. After missing out on important series in the recent past, Rassie van der Dussen and Ryan Rickelton are both harboring the hope that the SA20 will serve as a springboard to national selection. With Rickelton topping the run charts with scores of 87 and 98 from the first two games of the SA20, and van der Dussen hammering a 50-ball 104 over the weekend, the combination has been the first to get off to a strong start at the SA20.
