IPL 2025: Funniest Memes from SRH vs KKR Mid-Innings of Match 68

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) amassed 278/3 in the first innings against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday, May 25, after Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl first.

The Orange Army got off to a blistering start yet again courtesy of the Travis Head-Abhishek Sharma duo. The flamboyant southpaws aggregated 92 runs inside the first seven overs before Sunil Narine got the better of Abhishek.

Heinrich Klaasen was promoted to No. 3 ahead of Ishan Kishan and this move paid rich dividends. Head scored a whirlwind 76 off 40 balls, forging a partnership of 83 runs off 35 deliveries with Klaasen. After the Australian opener was dismissed, once again by Narine, Klaasen took the onus upon himself to get Sunrisers to a staggering total. He slammed the joint third-fastest century in IPL history, getting to the three-figure mark off just 37 balls in the 19th over.

Ishan Kishan (29) and Aniket Verma (12*) made handy contributions, but it was a one-man show from Klaasen that had KKR reeling. In the end, Klaasen finished unbeaten on 105 off 39 balls, smashing seven fours and nine maximums.

“Very pleased, it’s been a long season of disappointment. Luckily, I stuck to my processes and found my form now. The franchise spent a lot of time and money to play this brand of cricket, and it was up to us to step up to the mantle. (On the pitch) I tried to hit every ball for six, there was a spell from Narine where it was quite difficult, but I tried to improvise. The hard lengths are a bit tougher to play.

“(On batting at number 3) I’m a situation player, that’s the idea in the dugout. If we lose a wicket after the powerplay or just at the end of the powerplay, then I just go in. If we lose a wicket earlier, then it doesn’t quite work out. For me, it’s just a number, it all depends on the team situation,” Klaasen said during the mid-innings break after wreaking havoc in Delhi.

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