Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Heinrich Klaasen plays a shot during the Indian Premier League match against Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on 27 March 2024.(Noah Seelam/AFP)
Several Indian Premier League (IPL) records were shattered on Wednesday as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians by 31 runs in a high-scoring thriller.
South African batsman Heinrich Klaasen was the destroyer-in-chief, smashing 80 not out from a meagre 34 balls as the Sunrisers posted a mammoth 277/3 off their allotted 20 overs.
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