SA vs AUS, 4th ODI: Heinrich Klaasen breaks lots of records with spectacular 83-ball 174

In among the most awesome display screens of batting expertise in ODI cricket history, Heinrich Klaasen started a record-breaking spree, taking apart the Australian bowling attack in a must-win 4th ODI of a 5-match series kept in Centurion on Friday, September 15. Klaasen’s efficiency left cricket fans in wonder as he sculpted his name into the record of the sport. Klaasen’s impressive innings saw him collect an incredible 174 run a simple 83 balls, an accomplishment stressed by a remarkable 13 6s and an equivalent variety of limits. His explosive knock turned the match on its head and left the Australian bowlers in chaos. Thanks to Klaasen’s remarkable heroics, South Africa attained an extraordinary turning point, publishing the greatest overall in the history of ODI cricket at Centurion’s SuperSport Park – a massive 416 for 5 in their allocated 50 overs. The innings started rather gradually for Klaasen, who was at 25 off 26 balls as the 32nd over concluded, with South Africa’s rating at 157 for 3. The latter part of the innings saw Klaasen and David Miller let loose an unrelenting attack on the Australian bowling attack. In the last 18 overs of the contest, the Proteas accumulated an incredible 259 runs, leaving the Australian bowlers shell-shocked. Heinrich Klaasen’s significant rating of 174 ranks as the eighth-highest specific rating by a South African batter in males’s ODIs. His tally of 13 6s stands as the second-highest variety of 6s struck by a South African batter in ODIs, tracking just AB de Villiers, who handled 16 versus West Indies in Johannesburg in 2
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