Champions Trophy 2025 | "It's my last ICC tournament": Rassie van der Dussen

Ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025 match against England South Africas batsman Rassie van der Dussen said the ongoing marquee event will possibly be the last ICC event of his careerSouth Africa will clash against England in their last Champions Trophy 2025 groupstage match at the National StadiumIts definitely a possibility that its my last ICC tournament Im not saying that with any preconceived ideas that Ill call time on it or management will call time on my career Its just the reality Rassie van der Dussen said as quoted by ESPNcricinfoRassie van der Dussen also stated that for him playing for his country has always been his biggest and only goalMy ultimate goal has always been to play for the Proteas People are asking me Are you going to play leagues afterwards I dont know I dont know if the prospect of not playing for the Proteas goes away Ill have that hunger to play in the leagues Representing my country has always been one of my big and only goals so if that falls away Im not sure what Im going to do If Im offered another contract Ill definitely take it and commit for that time period van der Dussen addedAlso ReadFrom rags to riches Did you know Rohit Sharma delivered milk packets to fund his cricket dreamRassie van der Dussen also praised batsmen such as Tristan Stubbs Tony de Zorzi and Matthew Breetzke who all feature in the Champions Trophy 2025 alongside himIts such a great thing that theres so many young players coming through guys really playing well A guy like Tristan Stubbs hes sitting on the sidelines Or Tony de Zorzi And even if you go into the domestic structure Matthew Breetzke came in and made that 150 You can even go further back Lhuandre Pretorius just made a hundred against Western Province in the oneday cup Ryans Rickelton only starting out now actually so theres so many good players van der Dussen statedRecently during the ODI TriSeries with New Zealand and Pakistan Breetzke achieved an elusive record as he became the first batter to score 150 runs during the mens ODI debut The righthand batter dethroned former West Indies cricketer Desmond Haynes record of scoring 148 runs from 136 balls against Australia in his ODI debut in 1978On the other hand Rickelton continued his fine resurgence across all formats of the game in 2025 becoming the first South African player to score a century on his ICC Champions Trophy debut The opener accomplished this feat during his sides ICC Champions Trophy campaign opener against Afghanistan at KarachiSpeaking about South Africas qualification scenario a win against England in their final groupstage fixture will be enough to see them throughThe Temba Bavumaled side can also progress if they lose against England and Australia defeat Afghanistan However if England wins their final game and Afghanistan beats Australia then the Proteas will be in a tight NRR contest with the Aussies depending on their final resultsWith ANI Inputs