[Watch] Heinrich Klaasen Punched His Bat After Being Bowled By Rashid Khan In GT vs SRH

Heinrich Klaasen, the man who tormented the opposition bowlers in his first two outings in the IPL 2024, met his match with ace Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan. It needed a special googly from Rashid to topple Klaasen, who angrily punched his bat hardly after being bowled.

SRH and GT met in a day game on Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Pat Cummins, the SRH captain, won the toss and elected to bat first on a hot afternoon in Ahmedabad. It was a two-paced surface at the Narendra Modi Stadium with something in it for everyone – the batters, pacers, and spinners.

Heinrich Klaasen, who had smashed 63 and 80* in his first two innings this tournament, came in at number 5 in the 10th over, and started off in his traditional aggressive manner by whacking 2 sixes and a four. He already was in the fifth gear, batting at 24* in 12 balls, before Rashid Khan cut short his stay with a sensational piece of bowling.

Seeing a length ball in line of the stumps, Heinrich Klaasen went for a slog after moving to the legside and exposing his stumps. This time, though, Klaasen missed the ball – a googly that kept coming into him and cut down the space he needed to connect the shot – as it stayed a touch low and crashed into the stumps.

Unhappy with his dismissal, Klaasen punched the bat in anger while Rashid had his arms widened in his calm, no-fuss yet swagger-filled celebration.