Rassie van der Dussen of South Africa bowled a magnificent innings against England at the Mumbai 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
The seasoned batsman scored his fourth ODI World Cup fifty and thirteenth overall.
This is his second score of at least 50 in the current competition.
When van der Dussen was let go, SA had a 125/2 lead.
A controlled knock under duress
Van der Dussen was introduced after SA lost Quinton de Kock early in the first over and struggled to get going.
When he was ready, he spread his arms and began to play with enthusiasm. Reeza Hendricks was also able to gain momentum thanks to his influence after a very shaky beginning.
Before van der Dussen was defeated by Adil Rashid, the two hitters forged a 121-run combination.
Van der Dussen scores his 500th ODI run at the World Cup.
Van der Dussen now has 500 runs in the ODI World Cup after this performance.
In 13 World Cup games, he has scored 509 runs at an average of 55.65.
Van van Dussen has scored two fifty-plus runs during this round of the ICC Cricket World Cup, totaling 198 runs overall.
He hit Sri Lanka for his lone ODI World Cup century.
A review of his ODI statistics
Since making his ODI debut in January 2019, van der Dussen has scored 2,072 runs at an average of 56.00 in 53 ODIs.
He has broken five centuries in addition to his 13 fifties.
Van der Dussen has scored 467 runs at an average of 51.88 in 11 One-Day Internationals (ODI) against England (50s; 2, 100s: 2).
In seven games on Asian soil, he has scored 278 runs.
Since his debut, he has scored the second-most runs in ODIs.
Van van Dussen made his Proteas debut in January 2019, and since then, he has been incredibly reliable.
Only de Kock has scored more runs for South Africa in ODI cricket since his debut.
In this phase of ODIs, De Kock has scored 2,276 runs at an average of 46.44.
Since van der Dussen’s debut, no other SA batters have even reached the 2,000-run threshold.