5 Players you didn't know once played for RR

3. Heinrich Klaasen

After serving a ban for two years, Rajasthan Royals were back in the 2018 edition and managed to retain a few of their former players. That year they particularly focused on signing some hard hitters of the game as Rajasthan went on to sign Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, D’Arcy Short and finally Heinrich Klaasen.

The South Africa international wasn’t very popular at that time, but he was known for being a marauding batter in the domestic circuit. He even didn’t make his debut for the national team in 2018 when RR signed him. He was bought in for INR 50 lakh but Klaasen wasn’t handed enough opportunities and in the limited games that he played, the stumper-batter couldn’t impress.

He played four matches in the 2018 season, scoring 57 runs at a strike rate of 121.27. He was released after that season and the keeper-batter joined RCB next year. He flopped there as well, which led to his release. The cricketer fully released his potential after he joined Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2023. That season he scored 448 runs in 12 games and in 2024, he made 479 in 14 matches and took the team to the final.