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| Full name | Rilee Roscoe Rossouw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (age 35) Bloemfontein,Orange Free State Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top-order batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 112) | 21 August 2014 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 12 October 2016 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 63) | 5 November 2014 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 28 March 2023 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 32 (previously 27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08–2012/13 | Free State[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08–2016/17 | Knights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019; 2024-present | Quetta Gladiators(squad no. 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Hampshire(squad no. 30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Multan Sultans(squad no. 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22–present | Free State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Pretoria Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,21 July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rilee Roscoe Rossouw (born 9 October 1989) is a South Africancricketer who played for theSouth African cricket team. Rossouw currently representsPretoria Capitals,Quetta Gladiators andJaffna Kings. He is a left-handbatsman and a right armoff-spinbowler. Rossouw made history as the first South African batsman to score a 100 in theICC Men's T20 World Cup which he did against theBangladesh national cricket team.
Rossouw made hisfirst-class debut in November 2007 for Free State againstEasterns, batting at number three he topscored in the match with 83, an innings that included 13 fours.[1] At the end of his maiden season he made the step-up to franchise cricket playing threeTwenty20 matches for the Eagles.[2]
Rossouw was a regular in the Eagles team during the 2008/09 season, in theSuperSport Series he was the team's leading scorer with 765 runs including three centuries.[3] His maiden first-class century came against theTitans in November 2008, he made 106 including 20 boundaries.[4] In the return fixture in March 2009 he scored 109 in a team total of 178, no other batsman passed 16.[5] Again the innings was in vain as the Eagles lost to the league champions. In the one-day format he also scored a maiden century, he struck 131 off 108 balls against theWarriors.[6]
Rossouw scored 1,261 runs at 57.61 in the 2009/10 season, this included a score of 319 off 291 balls against the Titans. The innings was the fastest triple century in South African domestic cricket and included 47 fours and 8 sixes. AlongsideDean Elgar he shared a second wicket partnership of 480 in 84 overs, the largest South African partnership for any wicket.[7]
Rossouw played in the IPL 2011 forRoyal Challengers Bangalore and replacedNic Maddinson in IPL 2014 forRoyal Challengers Bangalore. He was included in theFree State cricket team squad for the2015 Africa T20 Cup.[8]
Rossouw played in the 2017 Season of thePakistan Super League for theQuetta Gladiators as a replacement player. Where it was reported that he earned around $370,000. He played for Quetta till 2019. In 2020 he was picked byMultan Sultans. He representedMultan Sultans for 4 years till PSL8 and now has been traded toQuetta Gladiators again, for ninth edition ofPakistan Super League.
In October 2018, he was named in the squad for theRangpur Riders team, following the draft for the2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[9] He was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 558 runs in 14 matches.[10] In November 2019, he was selected to play for theKhulna Tigers in the2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[11] In July 2020, he was named in theSt Lucia Zouks squad for the2020 Caribbean Premier League.[12][13] However, Rossouw was one of five South African cricketers to miss the tournament, after failing to confirm travel arrangements in due time.[14] In November 2020, he was named in the squad for theMelbourne Renegades in the2019–20 Big Bash League season.[15]
In November 2021, he was selected to play for theDambulla Giants following the players' draft for the2021 Lanka Premier League.[16] In April 2022, he was bought by theOval Invincibles for the2022 season ofThe Hundred in England.[17]
In May 2022, he signed withSomerset County Cricket Club for theT20 Blast.[18]
While attendingGrey College in Bloemfontein Rossouw was selected to represent a South African schools team.[19] He made his debut forSouth Africa under-19s in the second 'Test' againstBangladesh in December 2007.[20] He also played againstIndia prior to the2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. At the World Cup he played all six matches scoring 136 runs at anaverage of 34.00 as South Africa reached the final.[21]
Rossouw was selected in the South Africa A squad for the tours of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2010, on the latter he scored 131 from 151 balls against Sri Lanka A, sharing century stands withDean Elgar andJonathan Vandiar.[22]
He made hisOne Day International debut againstZimbabwe in August 2014.
He made hisTwenty20 International debut for South Africaagainst Australia on 5 November 2014.[23] He was the man of the match for his score of 78 off 50 balls.
On 5 January 2017, Rossouw signed aKolpak deal withHampshire County Cricket Club which made him ineligible to represent South Africa anymore, ending his international career.[24] His last act as an international cricketer before he returned was scoring a 122 atNewlands Cricket Ground where South Africa beat Australia in a 5–0 whitewash, winning the Player of the Series award.[25]
In October 2022, he made his first T20I century against India atIndore.[26]
