“I owed it to the franchise to step up to the plate. They spend a lot of time and effort and a lot of money into this brand of cricket and we owe it to them.”
Iska matlab yeh tha ki unhone jo bharosa aur paisa lagaya hai team pe, uska karz utaarna zaroori hai. Yeh baat woh shayad Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) ya kisi aur T20 team ke liye bol rahe the jaha woh khelte hain.
Franchise ka Investment
T20 franchises jaise SRH, team banane mein kaafi paisa aur mehnat lagate hain. Players ko mehenga kharidte hain, top level coaches, training facilities, aur fans ko connect karne ke liye marketing pe bhi bhaari kharcha hota hai.
SRH, jo Sun TV Network ki team hai, 2013 se IPL mein ek solid naam ban chuki hai. Unka focus hota hai talent ko groom karna aur team ko strong banana. In sab cheezon ka players pe expectation hota hai ki woh pitch pe performance dein.
Klaasen ka Role aur Responsibility
Jab Klaasen bolte hain “step up to the plate”, toh woh yeh dikhate hain ki unko zimmedaari ka pura ehsaas hai. Unka aggressive batting style aur pressure moments mein match palat dena unko ek valuable player banata hai.
2023 IPL season mein, unka SRH ke liye performance top tha. Royal Challengers Bangalore ke against unka maiden IPL century, ek yaadgar moment tha – uss inning ne dikhaya ki woh franchise ke bharose ka jawab de sakte hain performance se.
Badi Soch
Klaasen ki baat sirf ek match ya season ke baare mein nahi thi – yeh us mindset ko reflect karti hai jo aaj ke professional cricket mein hona chahiye.
Player sirf run banane ke liye nahi khelta, woh franchise ka brand banata hai. Fans, sponsors, aur poori team ecosystem uske performance se judi hoti hai.
Yeh soch sirf IPL tak simit nahi hai – SA20 league mein unki team Durban’s Super Giants ho ya South Africa ki national team, har jagah unka yeh attitude dikhta hai: team pe bharosa hai, toh uska respect bhi karna hai.
Heinrich Klaasen ki yeh baat clearly dikhati hai ki woh ek serious professional hain jo sirf apne liye nahi, poore franchise ke liye khelte hain.
Unka kehna “I owed it to the franchise” ek reminder hai ki T20 cricket sirf entertainment nahi – yeh ek team effort hai jisme har player ka role bada hota hai.
Woh jab “step up” karte hain, woh sirf six nahi maarte – woh team ki izzat badhate hain.
