Hyderabad, April 24 -- Former England batter Nick Knight said that Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) should promote wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen up the order, saying that the South African is capable of much more than batting down the order at number five or six.

Klaasen's remarkable 71 runs and his 99-run stand with Abhinav Manohar prevented SRH, struggling at 35/5, from avoiding a downright humiliation against Mumbai Indians (MI) at their home ground of Uppal Stadium on Thursday. Klaasen walked in with his side at 13/3 and produced a fighting knock that powered his side to 143/8 in their 20 overs, which MI chased down.

With 281 runs in eight matches at an average of 40.14, a strike rate of almost 160 and a half-century and no scores b...