IPL 2026: Klaasen revels in role clarity, admits SRH batters need improvement
Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Heinrich Klaasen believes the team's batting unit is yet to deliver its full potential, having missed out on crucial runs in their initial games. Despite acknowledging Pat Cummins's absence, Klaasen praised Ishan Kishan's captaincy and highlighted his own adaptability in different batting roles.
HYDERABAD: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s campaign has been a mixed bag so far with one win and two losses and their middle-order batter from South Africa Heinrich Klaasen opined that their batting group is yet to deliver. The explosive batter, however, is confident of a turnaround in the team’s fortunes. “We've missed out on about 40 runs over three games.
There is still a lot of work to do for our batters. We need to get to that 220-230 mark and give our bowlers a chance of defending," said the SRH No. 4.
Failure to get good starts resulted in two losses, he said. “I will rate us 6/10 at this moment. We've played some brilliant cricket, but we're just losing that crucial phase of the game.
Against RCB, we lost three wickets in the powerplay. Same against Lucknow. And our fielding in the first two games hasn't been up to standard at all,” he elaborated.