Klaasen on Jasprit Bumrah: South African wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen has named the bowler he considers to be the most dangerous. Klaasen discussed the toughest bowler in an interview with Geo Cinema.
He has not considered Starc, Cummins, and Shaheen Afridi the toughest bowlers. The South African legend has identified India’s Jasprit Bumrah as the most dangerous bowler.
Heinrich Klaasen Calls Jasprit Bumrah the Toughest Bowler
Since his international debut in January 2016, Jasprit Bumrah has established himself as one of the best bowlers in all formats of the game. He is the only bowler in the world to have reached the No. 1 position in the ICC rankings across all three formats.
The 30-year-old right-arm fast bowler took 15 wickets in eight matches during the 2024 T20 World Cup for India and also received the Player of the Tournament award for his outstanding performance.
During an interview on Jio Cinema, Klaasen was asked about the most challenging and dangerous bowler he has faced. He responded by naming India’s Jasprit Bumrah. Additionally, Klaasen referred to Suryakumar Yadav as the greatest of all time in T20 cricket.
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South African wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen was the most expensive player retained, with Sunrisers Hyderabad keeping him for ₹23 crore.
Throughout his career, Klaasen has accumulated 4,929 runs in 220 T20 matches, which includes 2 centuries and 31 half-centuries. In T20 Internationals, he has scored 980 runs in 55 matches, with 5 of those being half-centuries.
