Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Heinrich Klaasen has been one of the best batters in the IPL 2026, and he scripted a new record in his franchise’s 14th match of the 19th season. He is the first player in the world to amass 600-plus runs in a T20 tournament while batting at No.4 or lower.

The right-handed batter was retained by SRH for INR 23 crore before the mega auction in 2025.

He needed 45 runs on May 22 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru to take his overall tally past the 600-run mark in the ongoing season, and he completed the landmark in the 15th over of the first innings.

Before Klaasen, Rishabh Pant was the record holder. The southpaw had accumulated 579 runs in 11 innings for the Delhi Capitals in 2018.

Klaasen, who posted 51 runs off 24 balls for the 2016 champions on Friday, has scored 606 runs in IPL 2026. He has hit six fifties in this year’s season.

Most runs in a T20 series by a No.

4 or lower batter

PLAYER	TEAM	TOURNAMENT	MATCHES	RUNS	EDITION
Heinrich Klaasen	Sunrisers Hyderabad	IPL	14*	606*	2026
Rishabh Pant	Delhi Capitals	IPL	11	579	2018
Riyan Parag	Rajasthan Royals	IPL	16	573	2024
Sam Hain	Birmingham Bears	Vitality Blast	14	569	2024
Adam Hose	Birmingham Bears	Vitality Blast	15	557	2022
Rohit Sharma	Mumbai Indians	IPL	19	538	2013
Wayne Madsen	Derbyshire	NatWest T20 Blast	14	526	2017
Corey Anderson	Somerset	Vitality Blast	16	514	2018
Glenn Maxwell	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	IPL	14	513	2021
Jonathan Wells	Adelaide Strikers	Big Bash League	17	501	2021-22
Glenn Phillips	Gloucestershire	Vitality Blast	12	500	2021

He has been Hyderabad’s leading run-getter in IPL 2026.

Heinrich struck 5 sixes and 2 fours against RCB on Friday against the Rajat Patidar-led side. He was dismissed by Krunal Pandya in the 17th over. He was caught by Venkatesh Iyer while trying to play a big shot. Klaasen added 113 runs off 48 balls for the third wicket with wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan.

Kishan faced 46 balls to score 79 runs, including 8 fours and 3 sixes. Abhishek Sharma (56 off 22), Travis Head (26 off 16), and Nitish Kumar Reddy (29 off 12) also batted well as SRH posted 255 for 4 in 20 overs.