In the IPL 2024, on March 23, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by a margin of four runs in a thrilling final-over. After the thrilling context between SRH and KKR , Former South African and RCB Batter AB de Villiers has hailed Heinrich Klaasen as one of the best in the world.

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" I think SRH will be upset with how they started tonight. They had KKR in trouble and should've pushed through. One more wicket and this game would have been over. We know 200 is an average score at the Eden Gardens, but the batting performance showed really nice composure and set it up nicely. Maybe they left it a little bit too late and asked too much of the batters like Klaasen, but the form the man is in, he is possibly the best player in the world right now. Why? He can go from gears one to five and five to one. He plays around and that's why I think he's one of the best in the world right now." Said by De Villers

Also De Villers praised KKR batter Andree Russell for his brilliant batting and bowling performance "You have to give him a lot of credit for how he played tonight. I didn't see him much last year and it must be tough for him. He doesn't play a lot of cricket these days, but to rock up to the IPL with a lot of pressure on him, he still has a price tag on his name. Every season, he doesn't play well and there's a lot of criticism. It's easy to criticize but when the man steps up there and does what he does best, he wins games for KKR. That's what it comes down to. If he didn't play tonight, they wouldn't have won.