New Delhi, April 2 -- South African batter Rassie van der Dussen, 37, has announced his retirement from international cricket. This brings the curtain down on a career he described as the "greatest honour of his life".

In a heartfelt retirement statement, Van der Dussen reflected on what it meant to wear the Proteas jersey. "To have played for my Country has been the greatest honour of my life," he wrote. The years of sacrifice were worth every moment for the privilege of representing South Africa, he added.

Van der Dussen, born on 7 February 1989, grew up in a household of four brothers: Adriaan, Nico, CE and himself. In that home, the Proteas badge was treated as something sacred.

"We lived and breathed the game together, and to be t...