2024-03-29 01:54:32
Hyderabad: Heinrich Klaasen, currently known as one of the best big hitters in world cricket, came into his beast mode on Wednesday and unleashed fire with the bat against Mumbai Indians. On the basis of his explosive innings, Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 31 runs against Mumbai Indians in their second IPL 2024 match. The wicketkeeper-batsman played an unbeaten inning of 80 runs off 34 balls with the help of 4 fours and 7 sixes, helping SRH score 277/3 in 20 overs. This proved to be the highest score in the history of the tournament, breaking RCB’s previous IPL record of 263/5.
Klaasen was in excellent form and even took the lead in the race for the Orange Cap. Klaasen got additional motivation from her daughter Laya, who was cheering for her from the stands. SRH also posted a cute video of her on Instagram, in which she is seen cheering for her father with the franchise flag. Let us tell you that the ball was washed so much in Hyderabad’s innings that it lost all its shine. He had to change.
Klaasen and his wife Sonae Klaasen welcomed their daughter, Laya, on December 2, 2022. The couple married in 2015 and Martins, a health care professional, is currently in India to cheer on her husband in the IPL. Known to be a family man, when he is not playing cricket, Klaasen spends a lot of time with his wife and daughter.
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However, Klaasen was not the only big hitter for SRH in the match. After losing his opening partner Mayank Agarwal (11) early, Travis Head scored 62 runs off 24 balls, which included 9 fours and 3 sixes. Meanwhile, Abhishek Sharma scored 63 runs in 23 balls with the help of 3 fours and 7 sixes. Former SRH captain Aiden Markram remained unbeaten with Klaasen on 42 off 28 balls.
Chasing 278, MI could only reach 246/5 in 20 overs, with Tilak Verma (64) scoring a half-century. Jaydev Unadkat and Pat Cummins got two wickets each for SRH. This was also SRH’s first win of the campaign. It lost to KKR in its opening match.