Rassie van der Dussen was born on 7th February 1989 at Pretoria in Transvaal. The South African cricketer is a right-hand top-order batsman and occasionally bowls leg-break. The 31-year old batsman can be called one of the very few cricketers in South Africa who has experience of playing the game in different countries. Along with South Africa, Dussen has played cricket in England, Ireland, Netherlands, Canada, and the Caribbean country also. Playing the game in different countries has made him not only experienced but also a dynamic batsman that stole the attention of the national selectors.

Rassie van der Dussen has an interesting story that he was one of the change-room attendants for the South African team that was playing against England at Centurion in 2009. After a span of 10 years, the same Rassie van der Dussen made it possible, ensuring a place in the South African Test squad, in the same Centurion, and against England. Dussen, in his reaction to the media, did not hide his emotion saying that 16th December, the day he received the call to join the national team would be ever memorable to him. He remembered saying he had worked as a change-room attendant as the 14th man of the squad 10 years ago and he also became emotional while saying that how he was inspired by the greats he met at the dressing room like Boucher, Kallis, Graeme Smith.

But during the 10 years, it was not an easy journey for van der Dussen. In a desperate effort to establish himself as a cricketer van der Dussen moved from Pretoria to Potchefstroom to play for the provincial North-West and his journey began at Northerns without any financial contract.

Rassie van der Dussen made his debut in first-class cricket in the Provincial Three-Day Challenge competition for Northerns in 2008. But he got out for only 2 runs in the first innings and scored 34 in the second innings. The batsman, shrugging off his initial setback, developed and placed himself as the regular batsman. Within three years, Rassie van der Dussen scored 952 runs from 19 matches at an average of 63.46 which steered him to get signed by the Lions' franchise team. Rassie van der Dussen has participated in 122 first-class matches and amassed 7880 runs at an average of 43. 77. He has scored 17 centuries including his highest score of 175. In the List ‘A’ game also, the batsman has scored 4000 runs from 110 matches at an average of 47.61 including 8 centuries.

Rassie van der Dussen had begun his journey in the One-Day International (ODI) in the 1st ODI at Port Elizabeth against Pakistan in 2019. Dussen had a gorgeous performance in the match, scoring 93 off 101 deliveries with six fours and three sixes. His strike rate was 92. 08. However, Pakistan won the match by five wickets. Dussen has so far scored 707 runs from 21 ODIs at an average of 70.70 including seven fifties where his highest score has been 95.

Playing in his maiden Test against England at Centurion in December 2019 Rassie van der Dussen, although failed in the first innings, being out for only 6 runs, returned with more confidence in the second innings. He stayed on the crease for 148 minutes, played 67 deliveries, and scored 51 runs, hitting five fours. Rassie van der Dussen has participated in six Tests and scored 356 runs at an average of 35.60 including four fifties.

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Rassie van der Dussen had already been scoring runs in the shortest format of the game for a long time. He proved his mettle playing for the Lions' franchise he had scored 1608 runs in 47 matches at an average of 42.31. His dazzling 469 runs from only 12 matches at an average of 58.68 had helped his team Jozi Stars to clinch the title in Mzansi Super T20 League in 2018. Even in Canada Dussen was successful in the Global Twenty20 competition. He became the leading run-scorer for Vancouver Knights in the competition, scoring 255 runs in eight matches only. Rassie van der Dussen made his debut in Twenty20 International in the 1st T20 at East London against Zimbabwe in 2018. Dussen scored 56 runs off 44 deliveries. He has amassed 542 runs from his 18 T20Is so far and also scored 3571 runs in 117 matches in the T20 matches at an average of 37.98 with his highest score of unbeaten 112.

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