“Some Power”: Heinrich Klassen Smokes Axar Patel For Massive Second-Tier Six at Arun Jaitley Stadium

Gurpreet Singh | 29/04/2023
"Some Power": Heinrich Klassen Smokes Axar Patel For Massive Second-Tier Six at Arun Jaitley Stadium

Sunrisers Hyderabad wicket-keeper batter Heinrich Klassen provided the required power finish to help his side post a challenging total of 197/6 against the Delhi Capitals, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi tonight.

Despite Southpaw batter Abhishek Sharma (67 off 36) playing a scintillating knock at the top of the order, the rest of the batting order kept losing their wickets in quick succession, to find themselves in some spot of bother.

However, the pair of Klassen and Abdul Samad (28 off 21) made sure to keep up with the scoring rate, and stitched together a partnership of 53 (33) for the sixth wicket to take the team total past the 150-run mark by the 16th Over.

Klassen was the aggressor-in-chief right till the end of the innings, and smashed his maiden IPL half-century of mere 25 deliveries, with the help of two Fours and four Sixes.

Heinrich Klassen Smokes Axar Patel For Massive Second-Tier Six at Arun Jaitley Stadium

The highlight of Klassen’s innings tonight was the back-to-back Sixes he had hit off Axar Patel during the 16th Over of the innings, with the first one being an absolute treat for the eyes.

On the fifth delivery of the Over, the left-arm spinner did not exactly bowl a half-tracker, but the ball was short enough for the Proteas wicket-keeper batter to rock back and find himself in a perfect position to hit the ball at the Long-on region for a mammoth Six, deep into the stands.

Post Abdul’s dismissal during the 17th Over, Klassen then joined hands with Akeal Hosein (16* off 10) and yet again scored majority of runs in the partnership which was worth 35* (18) for the seventh wicket.

Having played his sixth innings for SRH tonight, Klassen is already their fourth-highest run getter so far, with 153 runs at a strike rate of 182.14. He is in fact, just 17 runs shy of the top placed Rahul Tripathi, who has scored 170 runs across eight innings thus far.

Post Edited By: Gurpreet Singh
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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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