The last few months have been great for Heinrich Klaasen. He has shown tremendous batting performance in the recently concluded second season of SA20. He was named SA20 Player of the Season and Batsman of the Season. His performance in SA20 Season-1 was also exceptional. Let us tell you that before going to the Indian Premier League, Klaasen scored a brilliant century in Season 1.

Even in IPL, he scored a brilliant century for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Klaasen demonstrated his ability in all conditions and scored another century in The Hundred. Klaasen was not going to stop here either. Last year, he prepared for the ODI World Cup by playing a brilliant inning of 174 runs in 83 balls against Australia in India, after which he played an inning of 109 runs in 67 balls against England in Mumbai.

Klaasen’s brilliant play continued in SA20 Season 2 as well. Where he scored 447 runs at a strike-rate of 207.90. At the same time, Klaasen also hit a record breaking 37 sixes. Clasen’s success is definitely due to his hard work.

It’s a bit disappointing – Heinrich Klaasen

Speaking on his performance, Klaasen said, the swing has been good in the last few years. I think better decision making and execution has helped me. It helps when you execute the right plan in your mind. It took me a lot of hard work to get to where I am now but I am also in a good place mentally.

On DSG missing out on a maiden SA20 title, Klaasen said: “It’s good to perform, but it’s only meaningful if your team wins, otherwise performing means nothing to me.” It’s a bit disappointing, but there are more important things in life than winning trophies. It has been a good tournament, our guys performed brilliantly, but the better team won that day.