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Wicketkeeper batter Heinrich Klassen is a right-handed batter and comes from Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. 33-year-old Hinrich Klaasen is a dynamic middle-order batsman known for his wicket-keeping and fielding. He made his IPL debut in 2018 but got his first breakthrough in 2023 with SRH. The franchise retained him for the hefty amount of Rs 23 crore under the five-player retention rule, which makes him one of the most expensive players for the season.
Here is an overview of the Heinrich Klaasen IPL 2025 profile-
In 2018, Heinrich Klaasen made his IPL debut with the Rajasthan Royals against Chennai Super Kings on 20th April at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. In his first IPL match, Klaasen scored 7 runs in 7 balls with a strike rate of 100 before being dismissed by Shardul Thakur.
Since his debut, Heinrich Klassen has played for the three IPL teams, including his debut franchise Rajasthan Royals, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Other than IPL, Heinrich Klaasen has also performed in the SA20 league and domestic T20 cricket, while captaining South Africa’s national T20I team in 2021.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad retained Heinrich Klaasen for a whopping amount of 23 crore in the 2025 IPL, making him one of the most expensive players in the league’s history. Klaasen is one of the attacking batsmen and a vital asset of SRH.
Heinrich Klaasen made his IPL debut with the Rajasthan Royals in 2018 and played only four matches. He then moved to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the following season. From 2020 to 2022, Klaasen had a limited opportunity in the IPL. His breakthrough was in 2023 for SRH, showcasing his batting prowess and becoming a six-hitter in the IPL tournament.
Heinrich Klaasen first appeared in IPL 2018 with the Rajasthan Royals for a price of Rs 50 Lakh. He then transferred to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the same IPL salary in 2019. After missing the following seasons, Klaasen finally registered himself in the 2023 IPL and was sold for Rs 5.25 crore by the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Since then, he has been an integral part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad. In 2025, SRH retained Heinrich Klaasen for Rs 23 crore in the IPL Mega auction at Jeddah.
Wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen has been a dynamic batter in the IPL tournament. SRH’s consistent performer, Heinrich Klaasen, becomes the second-fastest batsman to score 1000 runs in terms of balls faced in the IPL 2025. So far, he has slammed 89 fours and 78 sixes, showcasing his aggressive batting style in the tournament. He is also famous for his wicket keeping skills, mostly remembered for former PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan‘s dismissals in 2024.
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Heinrich Klaasen has consistently been a top batter in the IPL tournament. So far, Heinrich Klaasen’s best IPL season is in 2024 when he bagged his career’s best 479 runs from 16 innings with an average of 35.8 and a strike rate of 155.65.
Below is the table that shows all of Heinrich Klaasen's IPL batting stats from the 2018 to 2025 seasons.
Heinrich Klaasen is one of the top batters and wicket keepers. He hasn’t delivered a single ball in his IPL career yet.. So there are no Heinrich Klaasen bowling stats available yet.
Below is the table that shows all of Heinrich Klaasen's IPL bowling stats from the 2018 to 2025 seasons.
Since his debut, Heinrich Klaasen has been an explosive batter in the IPL. Klaasn has played 47 matches and bagged 1351 runs, including 7 half-centuries and 1 century. His highest score is 104 runs in the IPL, scored in the 2023 IPL season.
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Heinrich Klaasen has amassed 1351 runs in 47 innings while averaging 37.53 at a strike rate of 164.76. His highest score in the IPL is 104 runs.
Heinrich Klaasen’s highest IPL score is 104 runs off 51 balls at 203.92 strike rate. In 2023, Heinrich Klaasen hit his first century in a match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
So far, Heinrich Klaasen has scored 1 IPL century in his career. He slammed his first IPL century of 104 off 51 in a match between SRH and RCB at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in 2023.
Heinrich Klaasen has made a total of 7 dismissals in his IPL career. Heinrich Klaasen is known for his excellent wicketkeeping skills, especially in limited-overs cricket. In the 2025 IPL, Klaasen has achieved 6 dismissals with 1 stumping. He is mostly remembered for his lightning speed stumping of Shikhar Dhawan off a 140 km/h Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivery during the 2024 season.
The table shows the last 10 batting stats of Heinrich Klaasen in the IPL 2025:
The table shows the last 10 bowling stats of Heinrich Klaasen in the IPL 2025:
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