Top 5 outstanding individual performances from the SA vs ENG T20I series

3. Rassie Van Der Dussen’s spectacular striking

Rassie Van Der Dussen is a cricketer who possesses an enviable competitive spirit and this was revealed by his extraordinary 74 of just 32 balls in the 3rd T20I.

SA were at a crucial crossroads when Van der Dussen accompanied Faf Du Plessis at the crease and it was essential that their partnership blossomed into something of tremendous significance.  RVD’s innings began busily as he rotated the strike with ease but frequently pounced on the priceless opportunity of a bad ball. However, the dawn of the 16th over was the emergence of the mayhem.

Jofra Archer, one of the most feared bowlers of the T20 circuit, was the obstacle that stood between Rassie Van Der Dussen and a triumphant slog overs flurry. Despite the sheer enormity of the task at hand, he audaciously dispatched the untouchable Archer for 22 runs in just one over. He simply stood still and reacted to the ball and the ball went soaring into the stands. Easy pickings! Due to RVD’s madness, Archer finished 0-44, a rare blemish on a brilliant T20 career.

He then devoured Jordan for 22 runs in the final over and hauled South Africa to an imposing total of 191 as if it was nothing. Despite the unfortunate result for South Africa, the brutal simplicity of Rassie Van Der Dussen’s bomb of an innings was far too hard to ignore.