Heinrich Klaasen is a South African International cricketer, who plays for the country’s national cricket team since 2018. He was born in 1991 in Pretoria region of the SA and started his domestic cricket career with the Nelson Mandela Bay Star squad. In the beginning, Klaasen represents the Titan team atthe domestic level. He was listed in the final team of South Africa for the T20 Global League in 2017. However, the tournament was postponed later and he pursued his further cricket career with the Indian Premier League since April 2018 with Rajasthan Royals. Currently, Klaasen is playing with the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the running IPL tournament.

He was guided by the South African National Academy coach Shukri Conrad since the beginning of his professional cricket career. In 2015, his impressed coach has stated that Heinrich Klaasen could be the next MS Dhoni of SA cricket team with time. In 2017 Heinrich Klaasen got a chance to get listed in the national test team for the New Zealand test series but did not play. Unfortunately, this right-handed wicket-keeper batsman hasn’t played any test match in his 1-year-old international cricket career. However, it is believed that his outstanding performances in T20I and ODI matches including the IPL would definitely give him a bright chance to enter the upcoming test squad.

(as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)

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