IPL 2026: Heinrich Klaasen scripts history, becomes first cricketer to...

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Heinrich Klassen in this frame. (X)
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Heinrich Klaasen becomes the first batter to score 1000 T20 runs against Sunil Narine without being dismissed.

Sunrisers Hyderabad post 165 in 19 overs as Kolkata Knight Riders begin their chase aggressively.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are currently playing against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their IPL 2026 clash, which is being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. The Pat Cummins led-side was bowled out for 165 in 19 overs.

Big feat for Heinrich Klassen

However, star SRH batter Heinrich Klaasen managed to reach an unique milestone in T20 cricket. The South African batter was dismissed on 11 runs off Cameron Green's ball in the 11th over. During his short stay at the crease, Klassen became the first batter in the world to score 1000 runs in T20s against Sunil Narine without ever being dismissed by the mystery spinner.

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Narine once dismissed Klassen in the USA's Major League Cricket (MLC), but those numbers are not counted as official records.

At the time of writing, KKR openers just kicked off the second innings, skipper Ajinkya Rahane scored a boundary on the first ball of the innings off Abhishek Sharma's delivery. While Finn Allen is unbeaten on 2 off 2.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI:

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora(w), Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI:

Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact subs: Praful Hinge, Harsh Dubey, Liam Livingstone, Sakib Hussain, Zeeshan Ansari

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact subs: Finn Allen, Ramandeep Singh, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert