IPL 2025: 'The beast of SRH'- Heinrich Klaasen hailed by fans after slamming third-fastest century in SRH vs KKR match

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Heinrich Klaasen slammed unbeaten 105 runs off 39 balls in SRH vs KKR match.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are locking horns with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Sunday, May 25. The 68th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is taking place at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. SRH piled a gigantic total of 278/3 in the first innings.
SRH skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat first in the match. Opener Travis Head slammed a stunning knock of 76 runs. Later, Heinrich Klaasen, who was promoted to three, followed up with an unbeaten century.
The right-handed batsman slammed 105 runs off just 39 balls with seven fours and nine sixes. The wicketkeeper-batter also registered the record of the third-fastest century in IPL history off 37 balls, sharing the record with Yusuf Pathan. He also led SRH to the third-highest team total ever in IPL history.
Fans hail Heinrich Klaasen on X after fabulous ton vs KKR
IPL fans were stunned to watch Klaasen’s amazing knock in the match. They shared numerous tweets to laud SRH batter for his marvellous innings. Have a look at some of the tweets below.
Meanwhile, the SRH vs KKR is the last match of the Pat Cummins-led side in IPL 2025. They are out of the playoffs. SRH so far have 11 points in their kitty and are at the eighth spot in the points table. They have won five games and lost seven matches out of 13 clashes so far.
Notably, SRH bagged huge victories in their last two clashes of IPL 2025. If they crush KKR on Sunday, they will also leapfrog them in the points table. Kolkata Knight Riders take the sixth spot in the points table with 12 points. They are also out of the playoffs.
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Vikas Singh Derek is a core cricket-lover since childhood and has always followed the sport both in his personal and professional life. He started his school life by watching cricket at home with family. Later, he played cricket on the field at local clubs during college. After his Master's in Journalism from Mumbai, he followed his passion by covering cricket news across various digital media. Since 2015, he has been an aspiring sports journalist and cricket content writer with over 50K+ articles.
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