India, April 14 -- In this year's IPL, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are one of just three teams to be scoring at a run rate higher than 10. And nobody embodies this thoroughly entertaining batting unit better than South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen, 32, among the most destructive batters in white-ball cricket. He is SRH's leading run-getter with 186 runs in five games, averaging 62. More eye-catching though are his strike rate of 193.75 and 17 sixes in 96 balls - roughly one every six deliveries. Only Riyan Parag of Rajasthan Royals (RR) has hit more sixes than the wicketkeeper-batter, although the Indian's 18 sixes have taken 183 deliveries.

None of this is surprising. Over the past 18 months, Klaasen has turned himself into a key asset in So...