Heinrich Klaasen is considered as one of the most T20 players in the world presently. With the way he times the ball and sends it across the ground, into the other part of the stadium, it feels like the South African batter, sees the cricket ball as a football one.
The South African batter can smear the bowler all across the park. Gigantic sixes and darting fours are the USPs of his swashbuckling batting. Every bowler gets shivers down their spines, whenever they cross swords with Heinrich Klaasen in this format.
In the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 too, Heinrich Klaasen has been in sublime form and is playing an aggressive brand of cricket.
In this article, we take a look at 3 reasons why Heinrich Klaasen can finish as the leading run-getter of IPL 2024:
1. Consistency is his middle name
Heinrich Klaasen has been consistently delivering the goods with perfection in this format. Every time he goes out to bat in the middle, it is almost certain that he will be having a fantastic innings.
Klaasen had finished as the second-highest run-getter of the SA20 2024 tournament and had amassed 447 runs in 13 matches, with an outstanding average of 40.64. He had a good sojourn in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 too and had scored 373 runs at an average of 41.44.
2. Is in fantastic form in IPL 2024
Heinrich Klaasen is presently the leading run-getter of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in IPL 2024. He has scored 186 runs in 5 games and has a fantastic average of 62.00, with his highest score of 80* coming against Mumbai Indians (MI).
Klaasen’s imperious form can attribute to the fact that he has a solid chance of finishing as the leading run-getter in the 17th edition of the glamorous IPL tournament.
3. Heinrich Klaasen has an aggressive mindset
Heinrich Klaasen has time and again proved that he doesn’t need much time to get accustomed to the conditions. The South African buccaneering batter can fire on all cylinders from the first ball and has been a special talent.
He has been an integral part of the batting department of Sunrisers Hyderabad and has the ability to power Hyderabad to their 2nd IPL title. Notably, Sunrisers Hyderabad had won their only IPL title in IPL 2016 when they had defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the finals.
