'I promise you will be...': Heinrich Klaasen issues stern warning to fan over family privacy invasion

A Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batter is going viral for sending a cold warning to a fan who was recording him while he was accompanied by his family. The batter asked the fan not to click or record him while he was with his wife and kid. The batter in question is the SRH phenomenon, Heinrich Klaasen, who wasn't very happy after a fan followed him and tried to record him.

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Heinrich Klaasen's warning to the fan

Klaasen, who was entering the hotel while carrying his baby, didn't like fans recording him; he looked extremely unhappy and kept staring at their cameras to express his disagreement.

Following that, the former SA batter confronted a fan, asking him not to intrude on his privacy while he was with his family, but when the fan didn't stop, Klaasen warned that if he kept recording, he would be on the floor.

"Listen to me very carefully. Don’t do it, OK. I said to you, no, please leave. Thank you very much (on SRH's win), but don’t take a photo. If I turn around and you take a photo of me and my family, I promise you will be on the floor. OK, just turn around and walk away, please."

Fan's persistent behaviour pissed him further, and he again asked him not to record and put his camera away.

"Oh, listen to me very carefully. Stop it. OK. I said to you no photos. This is my family. OK. So put your camera away."

The incident has triggered strong criticism from netizens and support for Klaasen, and the fans have asked to respect players' boundaries and not to invade their privacy.

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After retiring from international cricket, Klaasen is quite active in leagues, and he is one of the most reliable batsmen in SRH's lineup. In his nine outings for SRH so far this season, the 34-year-old has scored 414 runs with a strike rate of 157 while scoring four fifties.

He is currently trailing his teammate Abhishek Sharma (425 runs) in the orange cap leaderboard and played a crucial role in chasing down 243 in their latest game against the Mumbai Indians that took place on Wednesday, April 29th.