Hyderabad, April 19 -- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batter Heinrich Klaasen said that he doesn't care about the strike rate, firing back at the scrutiny over the pace of his run-scoring in his recent innings at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026.

Klaasen scored a match-defining 59 off 39 balls against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Saturday to guide Hyderabad to a total of 194/9 in 20 overs. SRH eventually won the match by 10 runs.

Klaasen currently leads the run-scoring charts in the IPL 2026 with 283 runs to his name in six innings. However, his strike rate stands at 144.39--significantly lower than the 172.70 he maintained while scoring 487 runs in the previous season.

However, the retired South African batter said that he has been in ...