The 68th match of IPL 2025 was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on 25 May 2025 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, and in this match Heinrich Klaasen created a stir.
Klaasen surprised everyone by scoring a brilliant century in just 37 balls. This is the third fastest century in IPL history, which made Klaasen equal Yusuf Pathan’s 15-year-old record.
In the match, SRH won the toss and chose to bat first. Openers Abhishek Sharma (32 runs, 16 balls) and Travis Head (76 runs, 40 balls) gave a quick start, but Klaasen set the real fire.
He scored an unbeaten 105 off 39 balls, which included 7 fours and 9 skyscraper sixes. His batting troubled the KKR bowlers, especially Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, against whom he scored a lot of runs.
Heinrich Klaasen Slams 37-Ball Century vs KKR
Klaasen completed his half-century in just 17 balls, which is the second fastest fifty for SRH. He completed his century by taking two runs off Vaibhav Arora’s ball in the 19th over.
This was his second century in IPL, with which he became the fastest batsman to score a century for SRH after David Warner. His innings took SRH to a huge score of 278/3 in 20 overs, which is the third highest total in IPL history.
Klaasen’s innings made the fans crazy. People on social media were praising him by calling him “SRH’s Beast”.
A fan wrote, “Klaasen took the wind out of KKR bowlers!”
His explosive innings may not have taken SRH to the playoffs, but it definitely made the last match of the season memorable.
Klaasen said after the match,
“This season was full of ups and downs for me, but I put in all my strength for the fans. I did not try to hit a six off every ball, just played the right shot at the right time.”
His innings also made him SRH’s top scorer in IPL 2025 with 487 runs.
What is the historical record of IPL century?
The record for the fastest century in IPL is held by Chris Gayle (30 balls, 2013), while Vaibhav Suryavanshi (35 balls, 2025) is at number two. Klaasen and Yusuf Pathan are jointly at third place with 37 balls.
This innings of Klaasen proved that he is one of the most dangerous batsmen in T20 cricket. This season may have ended for SRH, but Klaasen gave the fans a big zeal for the next season!
