SunRisers Hyderabad batter Heinrich Klassen pulled out a reverse scoop shot off a Kartik Tyagi delivery for a six. Notably, the Hyderabad-based franchise was up against the Kolkata Knight Riders in the sixth game of the IPL 2026 on Thursday, April 2. Batting first, the Kavya Maran-owned franchise put up a total of 226 runs off eight wickets. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma got their team to a flying start and later Klassen’s half century as well as Nitish Kumar Reddy’s 39 off 24 helped the Orange Army put up a colossal total.
In the 18th over, when Klassen was on 34 off 28 with just two boundaries off his bat, the former Proteas batter came up with a reverse scoop shot, and the ball flew over the third-man fence for a maximum. Klassen was later dismissed in the final over off a Blessing Muzarabani delivery after being caught out by Ramandeep Singh, while attempting another delivery. In his knock, the 34-year-old came up with four boundaries and one maximum.
Heinrich Klaasen now owns 1,563 runs in IPL, 38th fifty in 20 overs format
The South African star now owns 1,563 runs from 47 innings in 51 IPL matches at 40.07. As per stats from ESPNcricinfo, Klassen now owns two fifties and a ton against KKR, and in ten matches, he has scored 371 runs at 61.83. In addition to it, he has amassed 6,269 runs overall in the 20-over format from 278 matches, including 38 fifties and three tons.
Notably, the Orange Army will now be up against the Lucknow Super Giants in their third game of the IPL 2026 on Sunday, April 5, 2026.
