Number Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) First-class 60 91 13 3625 201 46.47 5620 64.50 10 13 412 83 196 11 List A 44 42 8 1216 127 35.76 1334 91.15 1 9 100 28 49 7 He has impressive domestic stats but to his bad luck De Kock emerged at the same time and cemented his place as WK bat. Here is an article from 2015 on him where South African NCA coach says he is poor man's MS Dhoni https://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/Klaasen-could-be-SAs-Dhoni-Conrad-20150907 Quote “Heinrich captained our team to Sri Lanka where we did really well. He led us to the double over the Sri Lankans. He really is a no-frills type of cricketer. There is nothing fancy about his cricket, he just gets the job done,” said Conrad, who was on television commentary duty while Klaasen closed out the game against Easterns. Conrad believes the simplicity of Klaasen’s game is a valuable commodity in coping with the pressure-filled closing overs, which is a similar trait the former India World Cup-winning captain, Dhoni, possessed in abundance. “Heinrich stays very calm in the situation. He stays in the moment. There’s very much a ‘poor man’s MS Dhoni’ about him. There are really no sideshows to his game and really takes the game to the opposition. He doesn’t wait for the game to come to him and that is what I like most about him. He is as tough as they come,” Conrad added. Edited February 11, 2018 by Number Link to comment
Dada's Army Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 If you go by looks, he's actually a dead ringer for guptill. Number 1 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I'm sure you can accommodate both de kock and klassen in the Odi team. That would make then much stronger actually. Number 1 Link to comment
speedheat Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) He don't defend fulltoss in death overs Edited February 11, 2018 by speedheat raki05, adi B, saik and 4 others 7 Link to comment
velu Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, speedheat said: He don't defend fulltoss in death overs how many matches he won by hitting sixes ? can he stump in nanoseconds ? can he play helicopter ? Rasgulla, Vilander and Number 1 2 Link to comment
Insidious Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Need to change this thread title. Klassen is rich man's M.s.Dhoni Number, Laaloo, adi B and 7 others 1 7 1 1 Link to comment
velu Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 43 minutes ago, Insidious said: Need to change this thread title. Klassen is rich man's M.s.Dhoni only poor mans xyx exist .. there is no rich mans abc Number 1 Link to comment
gattaca Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 52 minutes ago, velu said: how many matches he won by hitting sixes ? can he stump in nanoseconds ? can he play helicopter ? That’s history man. Dhoni has regressed real bad. Even Azharuddin when he was playing in his last few years was better than dhoni. I remember him taking Akhtar to cleaners in 1999 WC. Number and velu 1 1 Link to comment
Popular Post kira Posted February 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2018 40 minutes ago, velu said: only poor mans xyx exist .. there is no rich mans abc Then dhoni is poor man's klassen Frustrated, alok311, Pratik77 and 7 others 2 6 2 Link to comment
Cricketics Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 With helmet on and collar up, he looks a lot like Martin Guptill. speedheat and Number 2 Link to comment
Mariyam Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Heinrich is the German most name I've ever heard in the context of cricket. Didn't know they were much into cricket. Number 1 Link to comment
Franco Vazquez Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 46 minutes ago, Mariyam said: Heinrich is the German most name I've ever heard in the context of cricket. Didn't know they were much into cricket. Warner, Warne are also German names. Number 1 Link to comment
velu Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Mariyam said: Heinrich is the German most name I've ever heard in the context of cricket. Didn't know they were much into cricket. afrikaans are dutch , and many dutch names sound german Number 1 Link to comment
raki05 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 3 hours ago, gattaca said: That’s history man. Dhoni has regressed real bad. Even Azharuddin when he was playing in his last few years was better than dhoni. I remember him taking Akhtar to cleaners in 1999 WC. Even Shastri was better than him as that was expected from him tht he ll play 120 ball 50 runs. Number and speedheat 2 Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 5 hours ago, kira said: Then dhoni is poor man's klassen Just like poor man's dhawan played in 2012 AC Link to comment
NameGoesHere Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 11 hours ago, velu said: afrikaans are dutch , and many dutch names sound german Yeah white ancestry to South Africa can be traced primarily to Dutch (who were called the 'Afrikaners') and English roots. He's more likely to be Dutch. Link to comment
Pollack Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 HeinRICH is rich man 's dhoni. Link to comment
Vilander Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 very apt OP. Dhoni is atg, even in last game he had second best strike rate for his 42 @ 97...amazing playa. if not for the wet ball and kohli not giving bumrah some middle overs, we could have won. Link to comment
maniac Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Klassen showed the urgency to finish the game ASAP and not do stupid stunts like taking it to the last over...that alone makes Klassen > Dhoni 2018 However it is just 1 game...he has to perform a few more games before he is mentioned in the same breath as MSD as the body of work speaks for itself....Klassen has not played enough. Laaloo and Unstable Joe 2 Link to comment
bowl_out Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Klassen can bat for both sides in a SA vs NZ match. Open the batting for NZ and nobody will know Unstable Joe and adi B 2 Link to comment
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