At 31, Heinrich Klaasen is at the peak of his powers and arguably the best T20 batter in the world in the last 12 months at the franchise level. The numbers bear testament to the red-hot form the wicket-keeper from Pretoria has found himself in.
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Klaasen keen to 'ride the wave' after 'hitting rock bottom'
Klaasen scored a match-winning 53 off 31 for the Seattle Orcas against the San Francisco Unicorns. © Sportzpics
After his magical run in SA20 blasting 363 runs in 9 innings at an astronomical S/R of 164, Klaasen gathered traction ahead of IPL auction among the IPL franchises. For someone who had no takers after IPL 2019, fetching $640,000 just revealed the midas touch he was in.
He blazed his way to a 500 run IPL season batting in the middle order, a peak not many have scaled before batting at his number. Such was the fashion and impact with which he batted that he even managed to dazzle Virat Kohli, who handed over his man of the match in an IPL game after Klaasen's masterful ton was eclipsed by a Kohli hundred to win the game for RCB.
"Definitely hitting the ball best I've been hitting in my career. So, I have been experimenting in the last couple of years which finally got me a clear formula that has been successful for me. I've been sticking with it over the past 30 months and hopefully the wave keeps coming and I can stay onboard to keep riding it," Klaasen said after his
