A pressure to be reckoned with in limited-overs cricket, South African stalwart Heinrich Klaasen has carved a distinct segment for himself within the worldwide cricket. Famend for his explosive batting, Klaasen is a nightmare for bowlers, significantly within the later phases of an innings. His capacity to search out the boundary with ease and rating quickly has made him a precious asset within the T20 format. Past his batting prowess, Klaasen can be a reliable wicket-keeper, including one other dimension to his skillset.
Entertaining followers in IPL 2024
Presently, Klaasen is charming audiences together with his performances for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Over the course of 5 matches, Klaasen has amassed 186 runs, boasting a powerful common of 62 and an impressive strike price of 193.75, with 7 boundaries and 17 sixes.
Names the difficult spinner
Klaasen’s distinctive report in opposition to spinners highlights his experience in dealing with spin bowlers. Nonetheless, the 30-year-old lately disclosed which spinner has posed the best problem to him in worldwide cricket.
Klaasen went with Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, expressing his admiration for Chahal’s bowling, describing their encounters as a “good battle.” He famous that Chahal has dismissed him on a number of events, however he has additionally managed to attain runs in opposition to the Indian spinner. Klaasen highlighted Chahal’s capacity to stick to his sport plan, even when confronted with stress.
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“I like facing [Yuzvendra] Chahal. It’s always been a good battle. He’s got me out a couple of times and I’ve been scoring off him, so that ratio is nice, I feel. I know he’s an excellent bowler, he’s one of my good friends as well so that will always be a nice challenge. He’s one of the bowlers that is always sticking to his gameplan. Even if you hit him for a couple of good shots, he still follows his process. Obviously, he’s one of my mates so you want to take him down. He’s been good,” stated Klaasen in an interview to Cricbuzz.
Klaasen additionally talked about Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja as one other difficult spinner he has confronted, significantly on Jadeja’s dwelling pitches. Although Klaasen hasn’t confronted Jadeja extensively, he’s trying ahead to extra encounters with the Indian spinner.
“And Jadeja has been good on his type of wickets. So that’s always a nice challenge. So those two spinners in particular, it’s been good. I haven’t faced a lot of Jadeja so I am looking forward to more of that,” he added.