SRH vs RCB: Watch - Harshal Patel Castles Heinrich Klaasen With A Dipping Yorker, Claps To Appreciate The Batter For His Sensational Century

After being asked to bat first by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) had a decent powerplay when they scored 49 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. Heinrich Klaasen was dictating the terms and made sure that he rotate the strike on a consistent basis. Heinrich Klaasen was looking ominous and was seen taking calculative risks.

RCB’s spinner Michael Bracewell was the pick of the bowlers who took 2 key wickets of Abhishek Sharma & Rahul Tripathi and conceded only 13 runs in his 2 overs. Heinrich Klaasen and Aiden Markram stitched an invaluable partnership of 76 runs of 50 balls.

Aiden Markram had a torrid run and scored only 18 runs in 20 balls and was seen struggling to clear the fence on a batting-friendly track. Harry Brook played a breezy cameo of 27 runs in 19 balls and struck 2 fours and 1 six.

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RCB’s senior leg spinner Karn Sharma was taken to the cleaners who gave away 45 runs in his 3-over spell and was wicketless. In the 15th over, SRH’s batters scored 21 runs against Karn Sharma as all his variations were proving to be ineffective.

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Harshal Patel rattles Heinrich Klaasen’s stumps

On the 3rd delivery of the 19th over, Klaasen notched up his maiden IPL ton and was quite pumped up as he didn’t get ample support from the rest of the batters. On the 5th delivery, Klaasen advanced down the track and went for a huge six down the track but missed a full toss completely and his stumps were thrashed.

Heinrich Klaasen was dismissed on 104 runs in 51 balls and struck 8 fours and 6 sixes. SRH’s score at 18.5 overs was 178-4. The hosts would be aiming to post a score in excess of 200 which would give them a psychological advantage to defend the target.

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SRH vs RCB: Watch – Harshal Patel Castles Heinrich Klaasen With A Dipping Yorker, Claps To Appreciate The Batter For His Sensational Century