Heinrich Klaasen got this big milestone, during the IPL 2026 clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. He’s a powerful right-handed batter, and he became the first player in IPL history to go past 600 runs in one season, while batting at number four, or even lower. Klaasen ended up with 606 runs, and he broke the earlier benchmark that Rishabh Pant used to hold, Pant made 579 runs for Delhi Daredevils back in IPL 2018. This season, Klaasen has looked like one of those proper threat players in the middle order. He keeps going for it in these batting spells, and he’s helped SRH stack huge totals across the tournament. His six-hitting is the kind that works against both pace, and spin too, so bowlers find it hard to settle him down, you know. Against RCB, he showed the same power again. He blasted 51 runs off just 24 balls, and he maintained the momentum, especially through the middle overs. There were two fours and five sixes in that knock, before Krunal Pandya finally sent him back. Six fifty-plus score at number 4 Klaasen also matched another neat IPL record inside that innings. He reached his sixth fifty-plus score of the season, while batting at number four, or anywhere below, in a single IPL campaign. Earlier, only Rishabh Pant, and Glenn Maxwell had already managed six fifty-plus scores from those positions. Now Klaasen has stepped into that same rare group, and there’s still time for him to push beyond them later this season as well. His steadiness in the middle order, that’s honestly one of the main reasons SRH have been batting so strongly this year. Whenever the openers gave a decent start, Klaasen would make sure the opposition bowlers stayed pressured, like constant pressure, not letting up. Also Read | SRH vs RCB: Ishan Kishan Creates Historic Record Against RCB and Enters Elite List in IPL 2026 Records by Heinrich Klaasen Most runs in an IPL season while batting at No.4 or lower Player Runs Team Season Heinrich Klaasen 606* SRH 2026 Rishabh Pant 579 DD 2018 Riyan Parag 573 RR 2024 Rohit Sharma 538 MI 2013 Glenn Maxwell 513 RCB 2021 Most 50+ scores while batting at no 4 or lower in an IPL Season Player 50+ Scores Season Rishabh Pant 6 2018 Glenn Maxwell 6 2021 Heinrich Klaasen 6* 2026 AB de Villiers 5 2020 Rajat Patidar 5 2024 SRH wrapped up their innings at 255/4 in 20 overs, after they were asked to bat first. Ishan Kishan led with 79 off 46 balls, and Abhishek Sharma gave that quick, flying start with 56 off 22 deliveries. Klaasen hit 51 off only 24 balls, while Nitish Kumar Reddy finished not out on 29 from 12. Travis Head chipped in 26, before Rasikh Salam Dar dismissed him with a yorker. SRH also collected 14 extra runs, because RCB’s bowling looked shaky. Rasikh Salam Dar grabbed two wickets, Suyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya each took one. Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar both ended up conceding 50-plus in their four overs.