SRH vs KKR | Heinrich Klaasen’s superlative knock help Sunrisers Hyderabad end IPL 2025 with massive win

 Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on Heinrich Klaasen’s whirlwind century to thrash Kolkata Knight Riders in their last match of IPL 2025 on Sunday. While Klaasen’s unbeaten 39-ball 105 powered SRH to 278/3, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga and Harsh Dubey starred with the ball picking up three wickets apiece.

‌Brief score: SRH 278/3 (20) [Heinrich Klaasen 105*(37), Travis Head 76(40); Sunil Narine 2/42(4)] beat KKR 168/10 (18.4) [Manish Pandey 37(23); Jaydev Unadkat 3/24(4), Eshan Malinga 3/31(3.4)] by 110 runs.

Opting to bat first at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Sunrisers Hyderabad got off the blocks swiftly with openers Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head scoring boundaries for fun. Head hit two sixes and a four off Vaibhav Arora in the third over before scoring three boundaries off Harshit Rana in the next over as SRH romped past the 50-run mark. At the other end, Abhishek warmed up with two boundaries each in Anrich Nortje’s first two overs to take the side to 79/0 at the end of six overs. With Abhishek getting dismissed after consecutive sixes off Sunil Narine in the next over, Heinrich Klaasen stepped in to keep the momentum going. He smashed a six and three boundaries in Varun Chakravarthy’s first two overs before hitting a four and two sixes off Harshit Rana to complete his fastest fifty in IPL in just 17 balls. The wicketkeeper-batter continued in the same vein even after Head departed for 76 off 40 balls to take the side past the 200-run mark in the 15th over. The South African batter smashed boundaries to all parts of the ground reaching his century in just 37 balls, the joint-third fastest in the history of IPL, and remained unbeaten on 105 to take SRH to 278/3 in 20 overs. For KKR, Narine was the pick among the bowlers picking up 2/42 in his four overs.