Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Heinrich Klaasen has been one of the best batters in the IPL 2026, and he scripted a new record in his franchise’s 14th match of the 19th season. He is the first player in the world to amass 600-plus runs in a T20 tournament while batting at No.4 or lower.
The right-handed batter was retained by SRH for INR 23 crore before the mega auction in 2025. He needed 45 runs on May 22 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru to take his overall tally past the 600-run mark in the ongoing season, and he completed the landmark in the 15th over of the first innings.
Before Klaasen, Rishabh Pant was the record holder. The southpaw had accumulated 579 runs in 11 innings for the Delhi Capitals in 2018.
Klaasen, who posted 51 runs off 24 balls for the 2016 champions on Friday, has scored 606 runs in IPL 2026. He has hit six fifties in this year’s season.
Most runs in a T20 series by a No. 4 or lower batter
| PLAYER | TEAM | TOURNAMENT | MATCHES | RUNS | EDITION |
| Heinrich Klaasen | Sunrisers Hyderabad | IPL | 14* | 606* | 2026 |
| Rishabh Pant | Delhi Capitals | IPL | 11 | 579 | 2018 |
| Riyan Parag | Rajasthan Royals | IPL | 16 | 573 | 2024 |
| Sam Hain | Birmingham Bears | Vitality Blast | 14 | 569 | 2024 |
| Adam Hose | Birmingham Bears | Vitality Blast | 15 | 557 | 2022 |
| Rohit Sharma | Mumbai Indians | IPL | 19 | 538 | 2013 |
| Wayne Madsen | Derbyshire | NatWest T20 Blast | 14 | 526 | 2017 |
| Corey Anderson | Somerset | Vitality Blast | 16 | 514 | 2018 |
| Glenn Maxwell | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | IPL | 14 | 513 | 2021 |
| Jonathan Wells | Adelaide Strikers | Big Bash League | 17 | 501 | 2021-22 |
| Glenn Phillips | Gloucestershire | Vitality Blast | 12 | 500 | 2021 |
He has been Hyderabad’s leading run-getter in IPL 2026. Heinrich struck 5 sixes and 2 fours against RCB on Friday against the Rajat Patidar-led side. He was dismissed by Krunal Pandya in the 17th over. He was caught by Venkatesh Iyer while trying to play a big shot. Klaasen added 113 runs off 48 balls for the third wicket with wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan.
Kishan faced 46 balls to score 79 runs, including 8 fours and 3 sixes. Abhishek Sharma (56 off 22), Travis Head (26 off 16), and Nitish Kumar Reddy (29 off 12) also batted well as SRH posted 255 for 4 in 20 overs.
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