New Delhi. Team India has reached the final of T20 World Cup 2024. Where they will face the South African team. The African team is in form and has not lost a single match. South Africa defeated the Afghanistan team in the semi-finals. South Africa may not have won the T20 World Cup even once, but Team India should not take them lightly this year. South Africa’s dangerous player Henrik Klaasen has the power to single-handedly turn a match around.
We are talking about South African player Henrik Klaasen, who has the power to single-handedly turn a match around. Klaasen has wreaked havoc in the IPL this year. He scored a total of 479 runs in 15 innings. Klaassen’s World Cup has been nothing special. He has now scored 138 runs in 7 innings. Klaassen’s highest score in this World Cup has been 46. However, he is not a big match player. Rohit Sharma should not take it lightly.
What should Rohit’s technique be?
If Henrik Klaassen stays on the field, he can take the match away from India. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma’s attempt will be to get him out quickly. For this he has to field the best bowler of his team. Meaning if the pitch is good for spin then Kuldeep Yadav should come first. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah should definitely come first if the pitch is good for fast bowlers. For information, let us tell you that Klassen washes spin bowlers a lot. His strike rate against spin is 181. Along with this, his strike rate against pace has been 157.
Talking about Henrik Klaasen’s career so far, he has played 4 Tests, 54 ODIs and 51 T20Is for South Africa. During this period he has scored 104, 1723 and 860 runs respectively. In the second T20 match of the T20 series played between India and South Africa in the year 2022, Klaasan played an innings of 81 runs in 46 matches. During this he also hit 5 sixes and 7 sixes.
Tags: ICC T20 World Cup, India vs South Africa, T20 World Cup
First published: June 28, 2024, 13:56 IST