Klaasen, who has been in terrific form this season for SRH, scored 104 off 51 balls at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. His knock included 8 fours and 6 sixes, and his shot selection from the coaching manual earned a lot of praise.
Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar led the plaudits for the South African as he labelled Klaasen’s knock as a classic display of traditional batting and said the innings was a treat to watch.
“IPL is a mix of creative and traditional batting. Today has been a Klaas-ic display of traditional batting. Klaasen’s footwork has been simple and uncomplicated, one of the best I’ve seen in the recent past. Treat to watch!,” tweeted Tendulkar.
IPL is a mix of creative and traditional batting. Today has been a Klaas-ic display of traditional batting. Klaasen’s footwork has been simple and uncomplicated, one of the best I’ve seen in the recent past.
Treat to watch!#SRHvRCB #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/mUVRTRxsYh— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) May 18, 2023
With this hundred, Klaasen has so far scored 430 runs in 10 innings at an average of 53.75 and a stunning strike rate of 179.16. He has struck 25 maximums and 30 fours as well as two fifties for a struggling SRH side.
Klaasen played spin with ease and earned praise from his compatriot and IPL legend AB de Villiers, who labelled the hundred as one of the top 5 in IPL history.
In a series of tweets, De Villiers said: “Heinrich Klaassen is a super special player! One of the best players of spin I’ve ever seen. Unreal knock! What a player. Top 5 best 100’s of the IPL, best this season.”
Unreal knock! What a player. Top 5 best 100’s of the IPL, best this season.
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) May 18, 2023
Klaasen’s knock powered Sunrisers to a challenging total of 186 for 5 against RCB, who need to win this match to stay alive in the playoff race. Another former player S Badrinath also hailed the South African, calling him the best overseas player of IPL 2023.
Best overseas player this IPL season #HeinrichKlaasen
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) May 18, 2023
Meanwhile, the likes of Irfan Pathan lauded the wicketkeeper-batter’s performance for SRH for the whole season. Virender Sehwag and Aakash Chopra also reacted to the knock.
Klassen batted with class thruout the season for SRH. ???? ????
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 18, 2023
Klaasen Classic.
What an innings from Henrich Klaasen.
Spectacular against spin and one of the better IPL hundreds.
Should be a good game. #SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/Dlr0XFT8tv— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) May 18, 2023
Klassen’s play against spin is simply sensational…uses the depth of the crease beautifully. ???????? #TataIPL #SRHvRCB
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 18, 2023
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