‌Sunrisers Hyderabad openers got off to an excellent start after captain Pat Cummins elected to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday. Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head smashed eight fours and six sixes between them to add 92 runs in under seven overs. With an aggressive start, the SRH management decided to press the gas further, sending Heinrich Klaasen above Ishan Kishan at number three and he rewarded them immediately.

Klaasen rocked back to pull Varun Chakravarthy over square leg in just his third ball to make his intentions clear as SRH aimed to bow out of IPL 2025 on a high. He continued his liking for the mystery spinner with three fours in Varun’s second over, including an audacious forehand-like shot in tennis that went straight over the bowler’s head.

The wicketkeeper-batter then took aim at Harshit Rana tonking the pacer for a four and two sixes in the 12th over to bring up his fifty in just 17 balls, his fastest in IPL, to power SRH to 174/1 with eight overs left to play. Twitter folks, just like the audience on the ground, were in awe of the South African’s power hitting as SRH looked in realistic distance to become the first team to go past the 300-run mark in IPL.

Ripped apart

— Birdman (@kingbirdman22) 

Done and dusted

Head completed 200 sixes in t20s

Klaasen completed 300 sixes in t20s

in today's match 🔥🔥🔥🔥 

— kakarot 🇮🇳 🦅⚡ (@Marvelf34683244) 

Mad max

Orey klaasen gadiki evarina cheppandra box cricket kadu ani



Anni straight ee kodtunadu🤣🤣🤣 

— Rick Grimes🦅🇮🇳 (@Pruthvii97) 

Massive

SIX! 💥

Harshit Rana to Klaasen — a massive hit!

Heinrich Klaasen reaches a blazing 50 off just 17 balls! 🔥  

— Yashi (@yashibhimta) 

WOW

300 t20 sixes for King Klaasen 

— SRHolic (@DexMawa) 

Need more

Need more of this from you next season, Klaasen 🙌

At his belligerent best tonight!

— Shaan Waseem (@shaanwaseem2) 

Dinosaur

Dinosaur Klaasen at No. 3 today to bash the spinners Narine & Varun 🥵🥵🥵



Pat Cummins attacking mentality 💀 

— Rey! (@EnoughRa) 

Unreal Madness

THE MADNESS OF TRAVIS HEAD, ABHISHEK SHARMA & KLAASEN VS KKR AT ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM IN DELHI.!!!



- SRH preparation next IPL 2026.!!🤣

— MANU. (@IMManu_18) 

The legend

17 BALL FIFTY FOR KLAASEN, WHAT A KNOCK, THIS IS MADNESS 🥶  Thala Suresh Raina The Man, The Legend, The Myth Travis Head Heinrich Klassen  Rcb vs mi  300 Cross 

— Khushi Mishra (@17KhushiMishra) 

Hulk mode

Klaasen and head today:

— Raj maurya (@raj32274834)