RCB buy Heinrich Klaasen for INR 50 lakh

Dixit Bhargav | 18/12/2018
RCB buy Heinrich Klaasen

RCB buy Heinrich Klaasen: Royal Challengers Bangalore buy South Africa wicket-keeper batsman for INR 50 lakh.

During the ongoing IPL auction for the 12th season of the IPL (Indian Premier League) at Jaipur, IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore acquire the services of South Africa wicket-keeper batsman for INR 50 lakh.

Klaasen, who was priced at INR 50 lakh, didn’t witness many bids coming his way. Just as the auctioneer was about to announce him as unsold, RCB offered their bid for the 27-year old cricketer. With this deal, RCB have also completed their overseas quota of eight players.

Having already bought hard-hitting West Indies middle-order batsman Shimron Hetmyer and India all-rounder Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dube, Klaasen is Royal Challengers’ fourth pick of the auction. Another middle-order batsman, Klaasen is likely to come in handy for RCB.

Klaasen has it in him to use the long handle chiefly during the slog overs in the upcoming season of the IPL. Moreover, middle-order batsman was one major aspect of their line-up which RCB were struggling with.

Having a stellar top-order comprising of Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers for years, RCB’s batting always received a blow when it came at finishing the innings. Hopefully, that issue will get sorted now.

Klaasen had made his limited-overs debut against India earlier this year. On the back of several mind-blowing performances, Klaasen played his maiden season of the IPL for Rajasthan Royals. However, 57 runs in four matches at an average of 19 and a strike rate of 121.27 forced the Royals to release him.

A T20I and T20 strike rate of 169.41 and 141.08 respectively will make a strong case for the right-hand batsman. For someone who plays spin well, one expects him to be bat in RCB’s lower-middle order during some part of the season.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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