Explosive! Heinrich Klaasen’s 39-ball 105* took SRH past 278, the third-highest score in IPL history

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Klaasen’s stormy century against KKR in Delhi, Travis Head and Ishan Kishan showed their colorful batting

Heinrich Klaasen's 39-ball 105*

Heinrich Klaasen’s explosive innings of 39-ball 105* took Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to the third-highest score (278/3) in IPL history. In this match played against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Delhi, Klaasen surprised cricket lovers by scoring an unbeaten 105 off just 39 balls. His innings included 9 sixes and 7 fours, helping SRH set a difficult target of 279 runs for KKR.

Heinrich Klaasen 39-ball 105*: A rain of records

  • Fastest century: Klaasen hit the joint third-fastest century (in 37 balls) in IPL history.
  • Half-century in 17 balls: This was also the fastest fifty of his T20 career, with a strike rate of 300.
  • Boundary power: 82 of his 105 runs (74.28%) came from just sixes and fours.

Klaasen made KKR bowlers pay a heavy price for getting the line or length wrong anywhere. He destroyed short balls with pull and cut shots, while full length balls with straight drives. The most memorable was the two consecutive sixes in Sunil Narine‘s 16th over, which helped SRH cross the 200 mark by the 15th over itself.

Travis Head laid the foundation, SRH’s powerplay blast

Before Heinrich Klaasen 39-ball 105*, Travis Head set the stage with a blazing innings of 76 runs in 40 balls. Head completed his half-century in 26 balls and took SRH to 79/0 in the powerplay. He hit 9 fours and 4 sixes, pushing the bowling of Anrich Nortje and Vaibhav Arora around. Abhishek Sharma (32 off 16 balls) also helped ease the initial pressure.

KKR bowlers in bad shape: Nortje-Varun’s waste

KKR’s bowling faltered throughout the match. Anrich Nortje gave 60 runs in 4 overs, while Varun Chakraborty conceded 54 runs in 3 overs. Sunil Narine (2/42) gave some relief by dismissing Head in the 13th over, but Klaasen attacked again in his next over. Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana also proved expensive.

Ishan Kishan’s support and final blast

Ishan Kishan played a quietly helpful innings of 29 runs in 20 balls with Heinrich Klaasen 39-ball 105*. Both shared a 50-run partnership in 20 balls. In the last over, Aniket Verma scored 12 runs in 6 balls to take SRH to 278. Klaasen made the match memorable by completing his century on the last ball of the 19th over.

SRH’s third-highest score in IPL history

SRH’s 278/3 is the third-highest total in IPL history. Earlier, RCB (263) and RR (257/5) had achieved this feat. Heinrich Klaasen’s 39-ball 105* innings proved that no score is ‘safe’ in T20 cricket.

Fans and experts’ reaction: “Heinrich Klaasen 39-ball 105*” is trending!

Klaasen’s innings is being praised a lot on social media. A fan tweeted, “KKR bowlers were thrashed by Klaasen!” At the same time, cricket analysts called it “one of the best innings in T20 cricket”.

Conclusion: Heinrich Klaasen’s 39-ball 105* gives SRH hope of a big win

Heinrich Klaasen’s memorable innings of 39-ball 105* points to a big win for SRH. KKR will now have to rely heavily on the team’s batting, otherwise this score will prove to be a mountain for them. Cricket lovers are now eager to see how explosive KKR’s response is!

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