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SRH vs KKR highlights, IPL 2025: Heinrich Klaasen shines as Sunrisers Hyderabad thrash Kolkata Knight Riders by 110 runs
With a cacophony of cheers for the Orange Army in the decent crowd, Heinrich Klaasen stole the show by smashing an unbeaten 105 off just 39 balls and propelled SRH to the third-highest score in IPL’s history. Klaasen’s astounding century came in just 37 balls- the joint-third fastest hundred in IPL history.
His amazing innings included seven fours and nine sixes, coming at a strike rate of 269.23. Klaasen made his promotion to number three count by unleashing his prowess in consistently playing shots straight down the ground while punishing anything short by pulling with immaculate ease.
While hitting his second IPL hundred, Klaasen received strong support from Travis Head, who hit a brilliant 76 off 40 balls—his third IPL 2025 fifty, including six fours and six sixes. Cameos from Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, and Aniket Verma further boosted SRH as they scored 74 runs in the last five overs.
KKR had to attack from the word go to have a crack at chasing 279. But three-fers from Eshan Malinga and Harsh Dubey, along with Jaydev Undakat’s early strikes, contributed to them getting bowled out for 168 in 18.4 overs, as SRH jumped to sixth place in the points table.
KKR’s disastrous evening began with a bowling performance which was utterly forgettable and inconsistent - their pacers and spinners were hammered by SRH’s aggressive batters, who plundered runs freely throughout the innings on wayward lengths, even in the middle overs.
Throughout the evening, their bowling was consistently too short or too full, a faulty strategy that significantly reduced their penetration with the ball, leaving SRH in a prime position to conclude their season with a big victory.
Chasing 279 was always going to be an uphill task, but Sunil Narine was off the blocks from the word go by smacking three sixes and a four off Pat Cummins' first two overs, while collecting two edgy boundaries off Jaydev Unadkat. But left-arm pacer Unadkat brought out a slower ball to go past Narine and hit his leg stump, as the batter fell for a 16-ball 31.
Ajinkya Rahane hit three boundaries before miscuing an off-cutter off Unadkat and was caught by cover. Two overs later, Quinton de Kock's struggle ended at a 13-ball nine as he holed out to deep mid-wicket off a full toss from Malinga.
With the Delhi pitch being traditionally better for spinners, left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey struck on back-to-back deliveries - Rinku Singh holed out to deep mid-wicket, while Andre Russell was trapped plumb lbw by a delivery which turned enough to beat his outside edge.
Despite some boundaries from Manish Pandey and Angkrish Raghuvanshi, KKR’s freefall continued as the latter pulled to deep square leg off Malinga, while Dubey foxed Ramandeep Singh with a quicker delivery spinning in to hit the stumps.
KKR were saved from suffering one of the worst defeats in IPL by some belligerent hitting from Pandey and Harshit Rana. While Rana hit three sixes in his first seven balls, Pandey brought out some clean-hitting strokes before falling to Unadkat, while Malinga took Rana’s catch on the second attempt to ensure SRH ended the season on a powerful note.
Vaibhav Arora to Heinrich Klaasen, Another wide. Short and outside off, that goes well over the batter's head.
Vaibhav Arora to Heinrich Klaasen, From round the wicket, wide yorker, which is too wide. Heinrich Klaasen leaves it alone. Wide given.
Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, Back of a length on middle, Ishan Kishan pulls it on the bounce to deep mid-wicket for a single. He almost gave a catch to the deep mid-wicket fielder, Ramandeep Singh, who collected the ball on the bounce.
Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, Yorker on leg, Ishan Kishan looks to flick it and doesn't manage to put it away as the ball clips him on the boot and rolls towards short fine leg.
Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, Short ball on leg, Ishan Kishan moves away to pull it, but the ball goes comfortably over his head. Wide given.
Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Cut away! Precision from Ishan Kishan! That ball was not short enough to cut, it was a length ball on off, Ishan Kishan manages to cut it between backward point and short third man for four.
Vaibhav Arora to Heinrich Klaasen, From round the wicket, wide yorker, Heinrich Klaasen slashes it towards deep extra cover for a single.
STRATEGIC BREAK. An absolute run fest this is turning out to be. After bossing the Powerplay, the Sunrisers have ruled the middle phase as well. Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen didn't let the scoring rate dip one bit with their blazing 83-run partnership before the former departed. Heinrich Klaasen, well set on 53, is looking unstoppable and there's just no respite for the bowlers at the moment with Ishan Kishan joining him at the other end. 250 on the cards? Very much possible if one of these two, especially Klaasen, bats till the end. Sunil Narine has by far been the best bowler for KKR, picking up both wickets. But, the others must chip in now if KKR is to stop their rivals below 250. Here's Vaibhav Arora into the attack.
- Ishan Kishan 0 (2)
- Heinrich Klaasen 53 (20)
Sunil Narine to Ishan Kishan, Full again on off, Ishan Kishan drives this to short cover. Superb over from Sunil Narine!
Sunil Narine to Ishan Kishan, Full and on middle, Ishan Kishan defends it off the front foot.
Ishan Kishan is in at 4.
Sunil Narine to Travis Head, OUT! CAUGHT! Finally this 83-run stand is broken! Full and turning away, outside off, Travis Head looks to loft it over long off but gets the height and not the distance. Ends up giving a simple catch to Andre Russell at long off. Head was perhaps deceived in the turn there.
Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Full and wide outside off, out of the reach of the batter. Travis Head leaves it alone.
Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Full and well outside off, Travis Head looks to swipe it over long on and gets beaten on the outside edge.
Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Full and on the leg stump, Heinrich Klaasen makes some room and flicks it along the ground to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Russell to continue? Nope. Sunil Narine returns. He is 2-0-24-1 so far.
- Heinrich Klaasen 52 (19)
- Travis Head 76 (37)
Harshit Rana to Heinrich Klaasen, Length ball outside off, Heinrich Klaasen cuts it towards deep extra cover for a single.
Harshit Rana to Heinrich Klaasen, A dot ball! A rare event! Back of a length, wide outside off, Heinrich Klaasen looks to cut it and gets beaten on the outside edge.
Harshit Rana to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! A 17-ball FIFTY for Heinrich Klaasen! Full and wide outside off, Heinrich Klaasen stays deep in his crease and lofts it comfortably over the bowler's head for a six.
Harshit Rana to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Full toss and given the treatment! Full toss on off, Heinrich Klaasen again stays deep in his crease and lofts it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a six.
Harshit Rana to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! In the slot and put away! Full, just outside off, Heinrich Klaasen stays deep in his crease and lofts it over the bowler's head for a one bounce four.
Harshit Rana to Travis Head, Yorker, outside off, Travis Head reaches to out as he gets some bat on it. The ball goes towards the backward point fielder. Single taken.
Change? Yup. Harshit Rana (2-0-22-0) is back on. He replaces Varun Chakaravarthy.
- Travis Head 75 (36)
- Heinrich Klaasen 35 (14)
Andre Russell to Travis Head, Yorker on off, Travis Head digs it out as he tries to hit it to the off side, but ends up working off the inside edge, to left of the bowler. Andre Russell the bowler, runs to his left to stop it, but he fails. The ball goes along the ground toward long on for a single.
Andre Russell to Travis Head, FOUR! Pace off and that too doesn't work! Back of a length pace off delivery, outside off, Travis Head waits for it to arrive and thumps it straight down the ground for another boundary.
Andre Russell to Heinrich Klaasen, Yorker on middle and leg, Heinrich Klaasen flicks it along the ground to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Andre Russell to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Stand and deliver! He's hitting them so easily is Heinrich Klaasen! Full on off, Heinrich Klaasen lofts this one over the bowler's head for a maximum. 150 is up for the Sunrisers with that half a dozen!
Andre Russell to Travis Head, Full and wide outside off, Travis Head drives this one along the ground to long off for a single.
Andre Russell to Travis Head, FOUR! There's no stopping to these two! Full and on off, Travis Head lofts this one over the bowler's head for four. This brings up the 50-run stand between these two!
- Heinrich Klaasen 28 (12)
- Travis Head 65 (32)
Varun Chakaravarthy to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Twenty runs off the over! Short and outside off, Heinrich Klaasen flat bats it over the bowler's head for another one-bounce four.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Heinrich Klaasen, Short and wide outside off, Heinrich Klaasen looks to cut it and gets beaten on the outside edge.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! This is carnage from Sunrisers Hyderabad! Full on off, Heinrich Klaasen lofts this one over the bowler's head for a one-bounce boundary.
Well, well, the UltraEdge is in for 7.3, and the replays show a spike when the ball is close to the toe end of the bat. A chance missed by KKR. Travis Head DROPPED on 54 by Quinton de Kock.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Heinrich Klaasen, Four! Short on middle, Heinrich Klaasen rocks back and pulls it one bounce towards the vacant deep square leg region for four.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, Quick and short on off, Travis Head looks to cut it, doesn't middle it as the ball goes along the ground to deep extra cover for a single.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, SIX! Full and wide outside off, Travis Head lofts this one over long off for a big hit.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, Travis Head looks to come down the track and watching it, Varun Chakaravarthy fires it wide outside off. Travis eventually stops in his crease and leaves it alone. Wide given.
- Travis Head 58 (30)
- Heinrich Klaasen 16 (8)
Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Again short and outside off, a touch quicker this time, Travis Head again manages to punch it off the back foot to the right of deep extra cover for a single.
Sunil Narine to Travis Head, A touch short and outside off, Travis Head rocks back and cuts it in front of square to the right of deep extra cover. Two runs taken.
Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Full and outside off, Heinrich Klaasen plays it towards long off for a single.
Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Cheeky from the powerful Heinrich Klaasen! Again, a bit short on middle, Heinrich Klaasen puts his front foot outside off, crouches a bit and paddle scoops this delivery fine towards the deep fine leg fence.
Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Short and quick on middle, Heinrich Klaasen works it towards short mid-wicket. No run.
Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Short on middle, Heinrich Klaasen flicks it from the crease in the gap between deep backward square leg and deep mid-wicket and takes two runs. The deep backward square leg fielder runs to his left and cuts it off.
STRATEGIC BREAK! For the second game in a row, SRH have blitzed their way to a rollicking start, exactly what many expected them to do this season. KKR were either too full or too short in the Powerplay, and Travis Head took full advantage. They will be hoping to bring the scoring rate down through the spin twins. Pace off seems to be the way to go for pacers on this track. The foundation is well laid for SRH, and it will be fascinating to see how they capitalise during the middle overs.
- Heinrich Klaasen 9 (4)
- Travis Head 55 (28)
Varun Chakaravarthy to Heinrich Klaasen, Short and quick, outside off, Heinrich Klaasen looks to cut it and gets an under edge in that process as the ball goes towards point. Single taken.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Second six of the over! Short on middle leg, not quick enough, which gives enough time for Heinrich Klaasen to rock on the back foot and pull it over deep square leg for a big six.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, A touch fuller and and quicker on middle, Travis Head plays the push drive past the bowler for a single towards long on.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, Short, quick and well outside off, Travis Head looks to cut it as he reaches out for that one. He doesn't connect as the ball beats his outside edge.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, SIX! Travis Head brings up his FIFTY with that six! Short and outside off, turning away a little, Head shifts his weight on the back foot and pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a six. The 100 also comes up for the Sunrisers!
Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, Short and wide outside off, Travis Head wanted a piece of it, but it was too wide for his liking, as he eventually left it. Wide given.
