In an important match of T20 World Cup 2024, South Africa defeated Bangladesh by four runs. In this match, all the players of South Africa performed very well and played an important role in the victory of their team. South African bowlers won the hearts of all cricket fans by bowling brilliantly.

After the match, South Africa’s experienced wicketkeeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen gave his opinion about the pitch of New York. He is very unhappy with the pitch here. According to Heinrich Klaasen, cricket cannot be played properly on the pitch of New York. He made a big statement about the pitch here in the press conference after the match ended.

Heinrich Klaasen said, ‘David told us in the last match how to bat on this pitch. We also saw in the match between India and Pakistan that it is very difficult to score runs here. You cannot play big shots continuously on this pitch. We batted very well in the middle overs but we could not score many runs in the death overs.

In the last month, we saw that players were scoring more than 250 runs in IPL but it is very difficult to score even 150 runs here. However, runs can be scored on the pitch of West Indies. This is fine for the world but the New York pitch is not a ‘selling product’ for cricket. On this field, any team can beat anyone at any time.

Every batsman wants to get out of here quickly: Heinrich Klaasen

While answering the reporter’s question, Heinrich Klaasen said, ‘All the batsmen want to leave from here as soon as possible. A lot of runs will be seen being scored in West Indies but it is very difficult here. If you want to win a match in West Indies, then you have to score at least 160 to 170 runs. Batting in New York feels like you are playing an ODI match and not a T20 match. The bowlers get a lot of help here but the batsmen are facing a lot of problems here.

The outfield of New York is also very ordinary. A score of 120 runs is quite good here. The wicket in Dallas is very good and it is also a lot of fun to play there. The better the wicket, the better the cricket will be. All the players have done their job well and the fans also want their team to perform well. But it is very difficult to score big here.