Heinrich Klaasen was left disappointed after an unfortunate incident spoiled his rhythm in the clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). The third umpire’s controversial no-ball call followed by Hyderabad crowd throwing nuts and bolts at LSG dugout caused a delay in the proceedings during the 19th over of SRH. After SRH’s innings, Klaasen expressed his disappointment as he missed his half-century by three runs along with a chance to help his side post a big total.
“Disappointed of the crowd to be honest, that's not what you want. That also broke the momentum, not great umpiring either,” the South Africa wicketkeeper-batter told the broadcasters.
Klaasen helped SRH recover from two quick wickets of skipper Aiden Markram and Glenn Phillips in the 13th over. He shared a 58-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Samad. This is the joint-highest partnership for SRH in IPL history.
“The wicket changed quickly in the middle. There was some spin and decent amount of bounce, there were a few rippers (Markram and Phillips' wicket) that broke the momentum, it was difficult to play the harder length balls,”
Klaasen got out trying to hit Avesh's delivery over long-on but did not have enough power behind it. Prerak Mankad took an easy catch at long-on. The Proteas batter missed his half-century. He scored 47 runs from 29 balls including three sixes and as many fours. The partnership helped SRH post a fighting total of 182/6.
Few hours later, Klaasen was fined 10 per cent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct. He admitted to the Level 1 Offence under Article 2.7 which states the use of public criticism/inappropriate comment in the IPL’s Code of Conduct.
Despite Klaasen’s heroics, SRH lost the match by seven wickets as Nicholas Pooran went berserk with a 13-ball 44 in slog overs to guide LSG home with four balls to spare.
The 31-year-old has been in good form in his maiden season for SRH. He has scored 262 runs from nine innings at an average of 43.67 including one half-century. He has scored runs at an impressive strike rate of 180.69.
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