Heinrich Klaasen was the star of the show as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) ended their 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign on a high by claiming sixth place after securing a third win in a row with a 111-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Sunday (May 25) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi

The South African star walked out to bat in the 7th over after Travis Head (76 of 40) and Abhishek Sharma (32 of 16) put up a massive opening partnership of 90 runs in just 41 balls. Klaasen continued the momentum for SRH and played one of IPL's greatest knocks as he made a century in just 37 balls to help Hyderabad post a total of 278, the third-highest in IPL history. Klaasen finished unbeaten on 105 in 39 balls in a knock that included seven boundaries and nine sixes and came with a strike-rate (SR) of 269.23.

Klaasen's SR is the second-highest in IPL history for a player to score a century and the highest by an overseas player in history. He narrowly misses Yusuf Pathan's record, which he while playing for the Rajasthan Royals (RR) against the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 2010 season at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

Player	SR	Runs	Team	Opponent	Year
Yusuf Pathan	270.27	100	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai Indians	2010
Heinrich Klaasen	269.23	105*	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kolkata Knight Riders	2025
David Miller	265.78	101*	Kings XI Punjab	Royal Challengers Bangaluru	2013
Vaibhav Suryavanshi	265.78	101	Rajasthan Royals	Gujarat Titans	2025
Chris Gayle	265.14	175*	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Pune Warriors India	2013

Overall, Klaasen's knock is the joint-third quickest century in IPL history alongside Yusuf, whose ton had also come in 37 balls. Only Chris Gayle (30 balls) and Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored centuries quicker than the Sunrisers star.

Klaasen's knock is the quickest in IPL history by a South African player, breaking Miller's (38 balls) set 12 years ago. The South African also scored the fastest ton for SRH breaking Travis Head's (39 balls) set against RCB last year in Bengaluru.

This was also the quickest ton against KKR, making Klaasen the first player to score a ton against the three-time champions in less than 40 balls.

Player	Balls To Century vs KKR	Year
Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)	37	2025
David Warner (SRH)	43	2017
Wriddhiman Saha (KXIP)	49	2014

Meanwhile, Klaasen finished the 2024 season with 487 runs in 13 innings at an average of 44.27 and a SR of 172.69. While he managed to score just two 50+ scores, including the century against KKR, he crossed the 20-run mark in 12 of his 13 outings.