Heinrich Klaasen scripts history with 37-ball ton in IPL 2025; check every record shattered

The 33-year-old Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and the South Africa National Cricket Team explosive wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen played an exceptional knock in the 68th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

SRH and KKR - last year's finalists - are facing off each other in their last match of the Indian Premier League 2025 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday, May 25.

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Heinrich Klaasen helps SRH post big total

Klaasen was the most expensive retention of the Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of the mega auction, but he failed to play the knocks that were expected from him throughout the competition.

The Proteas batter played some impactful knocks, but he was unable to play a longer innings in the first 13 matches for his team. However, he made sure to finish the season on a high and win back the trust of the owners.

In the match between SRH and KKR, Heinrich Klaasen was sent to bat at the No.3 spot as the team management wanted to make the most of the start they got. Notably, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma stitched together 92 runs in 6.5 overs before the latter fell.

Klaasen looked in terrific touch with the bat while facing the KKR bowlers, and he switched on his beast mode. He decimated the KKR bowling unit and smashed the bowlers all over the park.

The right-handed batsman reached the three-figure mark on the last ball of the 19th over by taking a double off Vaibhav Arora's delivery. He remained unbeaten till the end with 105 runs in his bag off 39 balls, with 7 fours and 9 sixes. He batted with a strike rate of 269.23 and powered SRH to a total of 278/3.

- Fastest Hundred for SRH.
- 3rd Fastest Hundred in IPL.
- 2nd SRH player to score 2 Hundred.

HEINRICH KLASEEN - WHAT A BEAST. 🥶🙇pic.twitter.com/bAQbNe6eiX

— Tanuj (@ImTanujSingh) May 25, 2025

Full list of records created after Heinrich Klaasen's brutal ton

Klaasen created several records with his sensational batting show against KKR. He hit the joint-third fastest IPL ton and hit the second most sixes (9) in an innings by an SRH batter. Also, he became the fourth non-opener to score multiple centuries in the IPL and registered his highest T20 score.

Fastest hundred in IPL:

30 - Chris Gayle (RCB) vs PWI, Bengaluru, 2013

35 - Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) vs GT, Jaipur, 2025

37 - Yusuf Pathan (RR) vs MI, Mumbai BS, 2010

37 - Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) vs KKR, Delhi, 2025*

38 - David Miller (KXIP) vs RCB, Mohali, 2013

Most Sixes by a SRH batter in an IPL innings:

10 - Abhishek Sharma vs PBKS, Hyderabad, 2025

9 - Heinrich Klaasen vs KKR, Delhi, 2025, Tonight

Fastest hundred by an SRH player in the IPL:

37 balls - Heinrich Klaasen vs KKR in Delhi, 2025*

39 balls - Travis Head vs RCB in Bengaluru, 2024

40 balls - Abhishek Sharma vs PBKS in Hyderabad, 2025

Non-openers to score multiple centuries in the IPL:

3 - AB de Villiers

3 - Sanju Samson

2 - Heinrich Klaasen*

2 - Suryakumar Yadav

Highest totals in IPL history:

SRH 287/3 vs RCB in Bengaluru, 2024

SRH 286/6 vs RR in Hyderabad, 2025

SRH 278/3 vs KKR in Delhi, 2025*

SRH 277/3 vs MI in Hyderabad, 2024

Most sixes hit by a team in an innings in IPL 2025:

19 - SRH vs KKR in Delhi*

18 - RR vs SRH in Hyderabad

17 - LSG vs GT in Ahmedabad

15 - GT vs PBKS in Ahmedabad

15 - LSG vs DC in Vizag

Highest Individual Scores for Heinrich Klaasen in T20s:

105* (39) for SRH vs KKR, Delhi, 2025

104* (44) for DSG vs PC, Centurion, 2023

104 (51) for SRH vs RCB, Hyderabad, 2023

Very pleased, it’s been a long season of disappointment - Heinrich Klaasen

Speaking during the mid-innings break, Klaasen expressed his delight over his brilliant ton against KKR in a forgettable IPL 2025 campaign. He said:

"Very pleased, it’s been a long season of disappointment. Luckily, I stuck to my processes and found my form now. The franchise spent a lot of time and money to play this brand of cricket, and it was up to us to step up to the mantle."

When he was asked about the pitch, Klaasen said that he tried to smash every ball for six, and hard lengths were a bit tougher to play. He stated:

"(On the pitch) I tried to hit every ball for six, there was a spell from Narine where it was quite difficult, but I tried to improvise. The hard lengths are a bit tougher to play."