Battle of Clasen-Samson (Photo-PTI)
IPL 2026: Both Heinrich Klaasen and Sanju Samson are considered to be very calm players, but in the 63rd match of IPL 2026, both these big players clashed with each other. In this match, Heinrich Klaasen batted brilliantly against Chennai Super Kings but when this player was out in the 15th over, Sanju Samson had a big role in it and after that both the players got entangled with each other. Klaasen became so angry due to this fight that he looked at Samson and spit.
Battle of Samson-Klassen
Samson The fight between him and Klaasen took place in the 15th over. On the third ball, Klaasen tried to hit a big shot on Noor Ahmed’s ball but he missed his googly. Klaasen’s foot lifted and Sanju Samson stumped him from behind. Klaasen felt that he was not out but the third umpire found him out. After this, Sanju Samson was seen staring at him and Clasen did not like this. There was an argument between the two. The players came in the middle and then started returning to Klaasen Pavilion. But after this, while returning, Claasen turned back and spit on seeing Samson.
Why shameless Sanju Samson abused Heinrich Klassen after stumping him? pic.twitter.com/AIwykqFQoC
— HXF (@huzaiff_02) May 18, 2026
Heinrich Klaasen played an amazing innings
Heinrich Klaasen batted brilliantly on the spin friendly pitch of Chennai. This player played an inning of 47 runs in 26 balls. Clasen batted with a strike rate of 180.77 on a difficult pitch and formed a wonderful partnership with Ishan Kishan. Klaasen and Kishan added 75 runs in 41 balls for the third wicket. This partnership turned the entire match. Sunrisers Hyderabad won this match by 5 wickets. The team achieved the target of 181 runs in 19 overs.
Heinrich Klaasen is number 1
Heinrich Klaasen, being a middle order batsman, is the highest run scorer in IPL 2026. This season, he has scored 555 runs in 13 matches at an average of 50.45. His strike rate is more than 155 and this player has scored 5 half-centuries.
