Heinrich Klaasen (right) and his 14-month-old daughter during SRH’s IPL game vs MI.© Instagram
Heinrich Klaasen was in beast mode during SunRisers Hyderabad’s IPL 2024 game against Mumbai Indians at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Wednesday night. The right-handed South African batter smashed 80 not out off only 34 balls with the help of 4 fours and 7 sixes. His strike rate was 235.29. While the dangerous form of Klaasen hogged the limelight during the game, his 15-month-old daughter also dragged attention for her cuteness. The kid was seen waving the SRH flag while cheering for her father during the game from the match venue, leaving internet in awe.
“The best seat in the house? Right next to dad’s biggest fan! HK’s little one was all of us today,” wrote SRH while sharing the video on social media.
Sunrisers Hyderabad posted 277 for 3 for the highest-ever Indian Premier League total and went on to beat Mumbai Indians by 31 runs in a six-hitting festival on Wednesday.
It was raining boundaries in Hyderabad’s innings with 18 sixes and 19 fours as the South African pair of Klaasen and Aiden Markram, who hit 42, posted an unbeaten stand of 116.
Mumbai replied strongly in the match which witnessed 38 sixes for another IPL record, bettering the 33 hits over the fence clubbed three times in earlier seasons.
Left-handed Tilak Varma stood out with his 64 in 34 balls for Mumbai but the effort was not enough on a batting-friendly pitch in veteran batsman Rohit Sharma‘s 200th IPL match.
Mumbai’s South African import Kwena Maphaka had a bruising introduction to IPL when the 17-year-old left-arm quick went for 66 runs in his four overs.
Five-time winners Mumbai, who had a change in captaincy after Hardik Pandya took over from the experienced Rohit, have now lost their first two matches in IPL 2024.
(With AFP Inputs)
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