LAHORE: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Monday, announced that South Africa’s top-order batter Rassie van der Dussen has signed up for the highly-anticipated player draft for the league’s 10th edition.
The announcement was made on the league's social media handles with a compilation video of the right-handed batter’s best shots.
"South African Right Hand Batter Rassie van der Dussen makes his way back to the HBL PSL Draft."
The 35-year-old, who is a key part of South Africa’s white-ball sides, represented the Proteas in 18 Tests, 68 ODIs and 50 ODIs, accumulating 4626 runs across formats with the help of six centuries and 29 half-centuries.
Van der Dussen also has a wealth of experience in the T20 format, having played 211 matches in the format.
In these appearances, he scored 6075 runs at an impressive strike rate of 131.86, including five centuries and 39 fifties.
The right-handed batter has also featured in the PSL twice, representing Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars in 2023 and 2024 editions, respectively.
His PSL record is equally impressive as he has 512 runs to his name in 13 innings at an average of 46.54 and a strike rate of 145.86. He has also scored one century and three fifties in the league.
Notably, van der Dussen is the third South African and the 20th overall foreign player to register for the PSL 10 draft, which will take place in Balochistan for the first time as Gwadar is set to host the landmark event on January 11, 2025.
Registered foreign players for PSL 10 player draft:
Rassie van der Dussen, Matthew Short, Gudakesh Motie, Alex Hales, Luke Wood, Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Usman Khawaja, Corbin Bosh, Rilee Rossouw, Colin Munro, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tom Curran, David Willey, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman and Sikandar Raza.
- Rassie Van Der Dussen