Klaasen's 37-ball ton gives SRH a winning end to the season

Heinrich Klaasen treated the Delhi crowd to a superlative 37-ball century as Sunrisers Hyderabad closed out their underwhelming season with a massive win over 2024 champions Kolkata Knight Riders. Klaasen smashed seven fours and nine sixes on his way to a whirlwind unbeaten 105 as SRH posted the third highest total in IPL history – 278 – and defended it comfortably.

PowerPlay: Travis, Abhishek get started with the carnage

Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma put on the opening act before the Klassen Show stormed the next two phases. The duo kickstarted the carnage in the second over from Anrich Nortje, taking 20 off it. Head then laid into Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana as SRH got to 55 in just four overs.

Middle-overs: 200 up already!

The KKR bowlers truly felt the heat of facing a batting line-up like SRH in a skewed venue like Delhi through this breathtaking phase of play. Abhishek smashed two successive sixes and perished on the next ball off Sunil Narine in the seventh over, taking the West Indian's wickets tally in the format to 209 – the most in men's cricket.

Death-overs: Klaasen gets 37-ball ton

Ishan Kishan slowed SRH down a touch but Klaasen was nonetheless on course to a record century. He eventually got there off 37 balls – joint-third fastest with Yusuf Pathan. Kishan too added to SRH's burgeoning tally of fours and sixes too, before falling to Arora in the penultimate over for 29 off 20 balls.

KKR's chase

Staring at a mountain of runs to chase down, Sunil Narine started off with three sixes and two fours off two Pat Cummins overs. Jaydev Unadkat however, cleaned him up with an off-cutter that the West Indian failed to read.

Middle-overs: Dubey, Malinga derail KKR

Eshan Malinga ended Quinton de Kock's misery in the middle by taking him out in the seventh over. KKR quickly slipped to 70/5 in the eighth over as left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey struck twice in two balls.

Death overs: Unadkat wraps up big win

The equation was gargantuan but Manish Pandey took to it with three sixes off Malinga in a 21-run over. He and Rana added 52 off 22 balls before Unadkat ended the stand with Pandey's wicket.

Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 278/3 in 20 overs (Heinrich Klaasen 105*, Travis Head 76; Sunil Narine 2-42) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 168 in 18.4 overs (Manish Pandey 37; Jaydev Unadkat 3-24, Eshan Malinga 3-31, Harsh Dubey 3-34) by 110 runs