SunRisers Hyderabad's Owner Kavya Maran was spotted celebrating ecstaticly after wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klassen hit a six off Kolkata Knight Riders' pacer Harshit Rana in the final over of the third match of IPL 2024 at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday.
Heinrich Klassen was at his attacking best as he was taking KKR bowlers to the cleaners in SRH's 209-run chase When SRH were in a bother of trouble, Klassen switched to beast mode and hit Varun Chakravarthy and Mitchell Starc all over the park and brought down the equation to 13 runs off six balls required to win.
On the first ball of final over, Klassen put an immense pressure on Kolkata Knight Riders after he hit a massive six off Harshit Rana's delivery and brought down the game to seven runs off 5 balls to win. Kavya Maran was jumping in joy as SRH was inching closer to the victory. The video of the same went viral on social media.
However, Kavya's celebration of joy was cut short after SunRisers Hyderabad failed to finish the game with a victory against Kolkata Knight Riders. Harshit Rana was the culprit behind SRH's heartbreaking defeat despite they were in a solid position to chase the hefty target of 209 runs.
Shahbaz Ahmed's dismissal followed by Heirich's wicket on the second last ball of the final over. Heinrich Klaseen's wicket was crucial otherwise it would've taken the victory away from Kolkata Knight Riders. The 58-run stand between Shahbaz Ahmed and Heirich Klaseen had put immense pressure on KKR. But, visitors to overcome their onslaught, thanks to Harshit Rana. we
'This is the time where he could become a hero': Shreyas Iyer on Harshit Rana
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer admitted that the team didn't have an 'experienced bowler' on their side to bowl in the final over and encourged Harshit Rana to back himself because he can be hero if could pull off a victory for the team.
"To be honest, in the last over I thought anything could happen. They needed 13 runs and we probably didn't have the most experienced bowler bowling at that particular time." Iyer said.
"This is the time where he could become a hero. That's what I told him. 'Back yourself. No matter what happens in this situation, we're going to back you.'" he added.
Harshit Rana has been part of KKR since IPL 2022 and picked 9 wickets at an average of 25.67 and with an economy rate of 8.88 in 9 matches.
