On Monday at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, the Sunrisers Hyderabad team sent the Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bangalore on a leather hunt. Heinrich Klaasen unleashed the beast in him as he smashed the RCB bowlers to all the corners of the ground, however, his one shot stole all the limelight.
Heinrich Klaasen Smashed Ferguson On M. Chinnaswamy’s Roof With Longest Six Of IPL 2024
After winning the toss and opting to bowl, the RCB captain wouldn’t have imagined that the SRH side would reach 100 in just seven overs and put them on the back foot from the start. The clash witnessed several sixes, initially by Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, and later Heinrich Klaasen took charge of the innings. Klaasen smashed a stunning 106-meter six, that landed on the roof of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Klaasen smashed Lockie Ferguson for a maximum over long-on, smashing the ball onto the roof of the stadium. The replays of the shot revealed that the sixer traveled a distance of 106 meters, matching the records of longest six of IPL 2024 set by Venkatesh Iyer and Nicholas against the same opposition.
The video of the stunning six has gone viral on the internet, watch it here:
Got an update from #Chandrayaan, the ball is still travelling at the speed of light 😉#TATAIPL #RCBvSRH #IPLonJioCinema #HeinrichKlaasen #IPLinTelugu pic.twitter.com/fmVeijmSlk
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) April 15, 2024
Check out the list of longest sixes in IPL 2024:
Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) vs RCB – 106m six
Venkatesh Iyer (KKR) vs RCB – 106m six
Nicholas Pooran (LSG) vs RCB – 106m six
Ishan Kishan (MI) vs SRH – 103m six
Andre Russell (KKR) vs SRH – 102m six
Earlier in the evening, SRH’s Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Abdul Samad, and Aiden Markram capitalized on RCB’s poor bowling, surpassing their own record for the highest total in the IPL, previously set against MI this season.
Head’s 39-ball century and Klaasen’s 67 off 31 balls propelled SRH to a formidable total of 287-3.
