Klaasen in a sentence

Shortly after Klaasen's innings, Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to acknowledge Klaasen, writing: "Klaasen's footwork has been simple and uncomplicated, one of the best I've seen in the recent past.

But Klaasen said yesterday they needed to get the basics right and increase their intensity against the world’s top-ranked side.

England’s seamers rotated with shellshocked regularity but put together a long collection of wides, no-balls, full tosses and long-hops as Klaasen and Jansen cut loose – the latter smoking six sixes.

Harshal will bowl the 10th and can he stop this onslaught by Klaasen?

Josh Hazlewood rumbles in for another to Klaasen who has 35 from 57 balls and cantering to stumps…. until Hazlewood rockets one into his pads.

Klaasen continued to keep Hyderabad’s charge afloat by pulling two short balls from Mishra for sixes over mid-wicket in the 16th over, with Samad supporting him by smacking Yash Thakur over mid-off and Krunal over long-on for a brace of maximums.

KL Rahul helped Samson add 52 runs for the third wicket but the Indian captain’s effort to pull Mulder resulted in a catch to stumper Heinrich Klaasen after the ball took a deflection off his thigh pads.

Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, to leg on the front foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Klaasen.

Mayank Agarwal had hit one straight down the ground and as Jadeja scampered across to catch it, he clattered into Klaasen who had little time to get out of the way at the non-striker's end.

Next ball Klaasen nearly chips it straight into the hands of cover.

On the other hand, Klaasen was in no mood to stop and took the RCB bowlers to the cleaners with SRH reaching 133/3 after 15 overs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad's Heinrich Klaasen plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants in Hyderabad, Saturday, May 13, 2023.

Then the 50 partnership is brought up in some style by Klaasen who slaps it directly back down the ground over Topley’s head.

All this while, Klaasen had been fighting a lone, and, as became increasingly obvious, losing battle.

First ball, slower, outside the off stump, and Klaasen drags it onto his stumps.

Hardik Pandya celebrates the wicket Heinrich Klaasen during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa.

Heinrich Klaasen (46) and David Miller (29) put on 79 for the fifth wicket, a record for South Africa in T20 World Cups, to get their total past the century mark against excellent Bangladesh bowling.

Just before Hardik bowled that special ball, Klaasen and his partner David Miller had filched 24 in an over and 4 from Bumrah’s.

Klaasen reached his 50 from 23 balls when he clipped Bumrah through mid-wicket for two in the 16th over – but his dismissal spelled doom for South Africa.

Rachin hits length and Klaasen taps it back to the bowler.