[caption id="attachment_713819" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Heinrich-Klaasen-IANS.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-713819" alt="RR, RCB, IPL 2018, Shreyas Gopal, AB de Villiers" src="https://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Heinrich-Klaasen-IANS.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Heinrich Klaasen IANS[/caption] <p></p> <p></p><a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/heinrich-klaasen/">Heinrich Klaasen </a>entered the record books with his performance for <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/rajasthan-royals">Rajasthan Royals</a> (RR) as they in the hunt for the <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/Indian-Premier-League">Indian Premier League</a> (IPL) 2018 Playoffs after they beat <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/royal-challengers-bangalore">Royal Challengers Bangalore</a> (RCB) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, by 30 runs in Match 53 of the tournament. Klaasen stumped Parthiv Patel, Mandeep Singh, and <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/ab-de-villiers/">AB de Villiers</a>, all of them off Shreyas Gopal, equalling the IPL record of 3 stumpings in a match. Only <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/mahendra-singh-dhoni/">MS Dhoni </a>(twice) and Robin Uthappa have stumped three different batsmen in a single IPL match. Here is the complete list: <p></p><table style="width: 600px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="20" /> <col width="18" /> <col width="40" /> <col width="132" /> <col width="231" /> <col width="179" /> <col width="101" /> <col width="50" /> </colgroup> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td colspan="8" width="771" height="20">Most stumpings in an IPL match by a wicketkeeper</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">C</td> <p></p><td>S</td> <p></p><td>Total</td> <p></p><td>Player</td> <p></p><td>Team</td> <p></p><td>Against</td> <p></p><td>Ground</td> <p></p><td>Season</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">1</td> <p></p><td align="right">3</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Heinrich Klaasen</td> <p></p><td>Rajasthan Royals Royals</td> <p></p><td>Royal Challengers Bangalore</td> <p></p><td>Jaipur</td> <p></p><td align="right">2018</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">0</td> <p></p><td align="right">3</td> <p></p><td align="right">3</td> <p></p><td>Dhoni, M S</td> <p></p><td>Chennai Super Kings</td> <p></p><td>Kolkata Knight Riders</td> <p></p><td>Chennai</td> <p></p><td align="right">2010</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">0</td> <p></p><td align="right">3</td> <p></p><td align="right">3</td> <p></p><td>Dhoni, M S</td> <p></p><td>Chennai Super Kings</td> <p></p><td>Kolkata Knight Riders</td> <p></p><td>Chennai</td> <p></p><td align="right">2011</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">0</td> <p></p><td align="right">3</td> <p></p><td align="right">3</td> <p></p><td>Uthappa, R V</td> <p></p><td>Kolkata Knight Riders Knight Riders</td> <p></p><td>Rising Pune Supergiant</td> <p></p><td>Pune</td> <p></p><td align="right">2017</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p>As is evident, of the four instances, Klaasen is the only one to have affected a fourth dismissal. He caught Sarfaraz Khan off Ben Laughlin today. Klaasen became the wicketkeeper to take 4 or more victims in a match (Dinesh Karthik and <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/wriddhiman-saha/">Wriddhiman Saha</a> have done this twice). Kumar Sangakkara is the only one with 5 dismissals in a match. Here is the complete list: <p></p><table style="width: 600px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col width="20" /> <col width="18" /> <col width="40" /> <col width="132" /> <col width="231" /> <col width="179" /> <col width="101" /> <col width="50" /> </colgroup> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td colspan="8" width="771" height="20">Most dismissals in an IPL match by a wicketkeeper</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">C</td> <p></p><td>S</td> <p></p><td>Total</td> <p></p><td>Player</td> <p></p><td>Team</td> <p></p><td>Against</td> <p></p><td>Ground</td> <p></p><td>Season</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">5</td> <p></p><td align="right">0</td> <p></p><td align="right">5</td> <p></p><td>Kumar Sangakkara</td> <p></p><td>Deccan Chargers Chargers</td> <p></p><td>Royal Challengers Bangalore</td> <p></p><td>Hyderabad</td> <p></p><td align="right">2011</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">3</td> <p></p><td align="right">1</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Yogesh Takawale</td> <p></p><td>Mumbai Indians Indians</td> <p></p><td>Rajasthan Royals</td> <p></p><td>Mumbai</td> <p></p><td align="right">2008</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">4</td> <p></p><td align="right">0</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Morne van Wyk</td> <p></p><td>Kolkata Knight Riders Knight Riders</td> <p></p><td>Royal Challengers Bangalore</td> <p></p><td>Durban</td> <p></p><td align="right">2009</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">2</td> <p></p><td align="right">2</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Dinesh Karthik</td> <p></p><td>Delhi Daredevils</td> <p></p><td>Rajasthan Royals</td> <p></p><td>Bloemfontein</td> <p></p><td align="right">2009</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">2</td> <p></p><td align="right">2</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Robin Uthappa</td> <p></p><td>Pune Warriors</td> <p></p><td>Mumbai Indians</td> <p></p><td>Mumbai</td> <p></p><td align="right">2012</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">4</td> <p></p><td align="right">0</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Adam Gilchrist</td> <p></p><td>Kings XI Punjab</td> <p></p><td>Chennai Super Kings</td> <p></p><td>Dharamsala</td> <p></p><td align="right">2012</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">2</td> <p></p><td align="right">2</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Brendon McCullum</td> <p></p><td>Kolkata Knight Riders Knight Riders</td> <p></p><td>Delhi Daredevils</td> <p></p><td>Pune</td> <p></p><td align="right">2012</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">3</td> <p></p><td align="right">1</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>MS Dhoni</td> <p></p><td>Chennai Super Kings</td> <p></p><td>Royal Challengers Bangalore</td> <p></p><td>Chennai</td> <p></p><td align="right">2013</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">4</td> <p></p><td align="right">0</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Parthiv Patel</td> <p></p><td>Mumbai Indians Indians</td> <p></p><td>Gujarat Lions</td> <p></p><td>Mumbai</td> <p></p><td align="right">2016</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">4</td> <p></p><td align="right">0</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Naman Ojha</td> <p></p><td>Sunrisers Hyderabad</td> <p></p><td>Mumbai Indians</td> <p></p><td>Visakhapatnam</td> <p></p><td align="right">2016</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">3</td> <p></p><td align="right">1</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Wriddhiman Saha</td> <p></p><td>Kings XI Punjab</td> <p></p><td>Pune Supergiant</td> <p></p><td>Visakhapatnam</td> <p></p><td align="right">2016</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">2</td> <p></p><td align="right">2</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Wriddhiman Saha</td> <p></p><td>Kings XI Punjab</td> <p></p><td>Sunrisers Hyderabad</td> <p></p><td>Hyderabad</td> <p></p><td align="right">2017</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">3</td> <p></p><td align="right">1</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Dinesh Karthik</td> <p></p><td>Kolkata Knight Riders Knight Riders</td> <p></p><td>Rajasthan Royals</td> <p></p><td>Kolkata</td> <p></p><td align="right">2018</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td align="right" height="20">1</td> <p></p><td align="right">3</td> <p></p><td align="right">4</td> <p></p><td>Heinrich Klaasen</td> <p></p><td>Rajasthan Royals Royals</td> <p></p><td>Royal Challengers Bangalore</td> <p></p><td>Jaipur</td> <p></p><td align="right">2018</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p>The record for most dismissals for RR in a match before today was 3, held by Mahesh Rawat (twice), Dishant Yagnik, and Sanju Samson. Of course, Sangakkara still holds the record against RCB. Rawat, Yagnik, and Samson also hold the record for most dismissals in a match at Jaipur (3). <p></p> <p></p>Earlier in the match, Klaasen slammed a 21-ball 32, helping set the platform for RR. However, Klaasen might not have even played had <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/jos-buttler/ ">Jos Buttler</a> been available.
