Sunrisers Hyderabad's wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen could not do anything special with the bat against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2026 Eliminator match and was dismissed for just 18 runs off 10 balls. Despite this, two incredible records were added to Heinrich Klaasen's name.

First, understand that the 2026 IPL season was explosive for the 34-year-old Heinrich Klaasen, as he scored a career-best 624 runs for SRH in 15 matches at an average of 48 and a strike rate of 160. With this, he became only the second player in the 19-year history of the IPL to score the most runs as a non-opener. At the top of this record list is AB de Villiers, who scored 687 runs in the 2016 IPL.

Most runs by a foreign batter (non-openers) in an IPL season:

687 - AB de Villiers (2016)

624 - Heinrich Klaasen (2026)

622 - Kane Williamson (2018)

552 - Glenn Maxwell (2014)

538 - Jos Buttler (2025)

Furthermore, Heinrich Klaasen scored double-digit scores (at least 10 runs) in every single match of IPL 2026. That is why he has also become part of a special record list of players with the most double-digit scores in an IPL season without a single-digit innings. At the top of this list are Suryakumar Yadav, David Warner, and Dwayne Bravo.

Most matches with double-digit scores (no single-digit scores) in an IPL season:

16 - Suryakumar Yadav (2025)

16 - David Miller (2022)

16 - Dwayne Bravo (2012)

15 - Heinrich Klaasen (2026)

Match summary: The IPL 2026 Eliminator was played at the PCA Stadium in Mullanpur, where Rajasthan Royals posted 243 runs on the board courtesy of stormy knocks from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (97 off 29 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (50 off 21 balls).

In response, the Sunrisers Hyderabad side could only survive 19.2 overs and were bowled out for 196 runs. Thus, Rajasthan won the match by a massive margin of 47 runs and secured their ticket to Qualifier 2.