1. Heinrich Klaasen
The hard-hitting Heinrich Klaasen from South Africa made his ODI debut in the 4th One-day international match against India played at Wanders, Johannesburg on 10th February. He played a blinder of an innings scoring a match-winning 43 off 27 balls and helped South Africa win the match by 5 wickets.
He smashed Yuzvendra Chahal all over the park and created pressure on the Indian bowlers with innovative stroke play. Because of his knocks, he replaced Steve Smith for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2018. Till date, Klassen has played 4 ODI matches scoring 110 runs. In the T20 match against India played at Centurion this Feb, Klassen smashed 69 off 30 balls and led South Africa to a great win.
In the domestic circuit, Heinrich Klaasen has scored 1277 runs with an average of 35.47. With South Africa looking for a replacement, Klassen could be an ideal replacement as a backup wicketkeeper-batsman and also who can bat lower down the order.
