SunRisers Hyderabad wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klassen's brilliant glovework was on display when he stumped Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan during the IPL 2024 match between two teams at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Tuesday, April 9.
The incident took over in the fifth over of the Punjab Kings' 183-run chase, bowled by veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Kumar delivered the ball at good line and length and Shikhar Dhawan attempted to hit the ball over the head after stepping out of the crease. However, Dhawan missed the ball and Heinrich Klassen, who was standing right behind the stumps, quickly collect the ball and removed the bails.
Interesingly, Heinrich Klassen collected the ball of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who delivered at a speed of 140 kmph.
Punjab Kings were off to a start to their run-chase after restricting SunRisers Hyderabad 182/9. The hosts were toppled to 20/3 after losing Jonny Bairstow (0), Prabhsimran Singh (4) and Shikhar Dhawan (14). Sam Curran stepped up for the team but he was dismissed for 29 at 58/4. Sikandar Raza's stay at the crease came to an end after he was removed by Jaydev Unadkat for 28 at 91/5.
SRH overcome Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma's onslaughts
SunRisers Hyderabad faced brutal batting from Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma, almost costing them a victory. In the final over, Punjab Kings' duo didn't show any mercy to SRH pacer Jaydev Unadkat in the final over of the Punjab Kings' run-chase.
Unadkat seemingly succumbed to pressure when Punjab Kings required 29 off six balls. Out of which, the 34-year-old conceded 26 runs, including three sixes and as many wides. Two sixes were Ashutosh while Shashank hit a maximum on the final over of the match.
Shashank Singh played a brilliant knock of 46 off 25 balls while Ashutosh Sharma scored 33 off 15 balls. Due to carnage by Punjab Kings' middle-order duo in the final over thriller, SunRisers Hyderabad could win the match by 20 runs.
In his fours spell, Jaydev Unadkat picked a wicket while conceding 49 runs with an economy rate of 12.20.
