Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) Vaibhav Arora delivered a fiery performance against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Match 15 of the IPL 2025 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Thursday. The right arm quick bowler made an impact early, dismissing key players Travis Head and Ishan Kishan within the powerplay.

However, tensions seemed to rise when he claimed the crucial wicket of Heinrich Klaasen, who was looking to take charge in the second innings. The fast bowler delivered a well-placed short ball, forcing a top-edge from the pull shot, which landed safely in the hands of Moeen Ali at square leg. However, it was Arora’s celebration and what followed that grabbed attention. Raising his arms in triumph, Arora celebrated the crucial wicket that sealed SRH’s fate.

As Heinrich Klaasen walked back to the dugout, Arora engaged in a brief stare down with the South African international, adding intensity to the moment. For this splendid bowling performance, the right-arm quick bowler was even awarded the Player of the Match Award.  The 27-year-old pacer ended the game with a bowling figure of 3/29 in his allotted 4 overs with one maiden over.

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Kolkata Knight Riders won by massive 80 runs

Defending a challenging total, KKR’s bowlers came out firing. SRH had a disastrous start, losing Travis Head for just four runs to Vaibhav Arora on the second ball of the chase. Harshit Rana followed up with a brilliant over, deceiving Abhishek Sharma with a slower ball. With their aggressive left-handed top three dismissed within the first three overs, SRH found themselves in deep trouble at 9/3.

Arora continued his impressive spell, finishing with figures of 4-1-29-3, including the crucial wicket of Heinrich Klaasen with a well-placed slower bouncer. Sunil Narine, marking his 200th wicket for KKR, delivered an economical spell, though he narrowly missed dismissing Klaasen due to an unnoticed edge.

Varun Chakravarthy (3-22) was lethal in the middle overs, striking twice in the 16th over, including the key wicket of Pat Cummins. Andre Russell (2-20) wrapped up the innings with a sharp caught-and-bowled effort as SRH collapsed for just 120 in 17 overs.

Let us look at some of the tweets that poured in after Vaibhav’s magical spell;

 

Why was Heinrich Klaasen looking at Vaibhav Arora like this? A bowler can't celebrate after dismissing a batter?

And Vaibhav didn't get too close to the dismissed batsman & there was nothing disrespectful in the celebration. pic.twitter.com/E0O9c896Uo

— Vipul 🇮🇳 (@Vipul_Espeaks) April 3, 2025

OFFICIAL REAL FATHER OF KLASSEN, HEAD AND SRH

VAIBHAV ARORA 🦁🔥 pic.twitter.com/z7SDdxHmPX

— कट्टर KKR समर्थक 🦁🇮🇳 ™ (@KKRWeRule) April 3, 2025

Vaibhav Arora to Heinrich Klaasen after picking the wicket 🥶🥵🔥🔥

The game-changer for KKR 👌#VaibhavArora #KKRvSRH #KKRvsSRH #IPL2025 #TATAIPL2025 pic.twitter.com/qemRjrbOSK

— Saabir Zafar (@Saabir_Saabu01) April 3, 2025

⚠️ What a spell by vaibhav arora.🔝

📍 Travis Head
📍Ishan Kishan
📍Heinrich Klaasen

◾4-01-29-03. Outstanding 💜 pic.twitter.com/KnW6ZeL77f

— Rokte Amar KKR (@Rokte_Amarr_KKR) April 3, 2025

14.4 overs
V Arora bowling to Heinrich Klaasen
Short length ball, pitching outside off stump, Heinrich Klaasen plays an aggressive pull shot on the back foot WICKET Heinrich Klaasen c Moeen Ali b V Arora towards Square Leg#IPL2025 #IPL #KKRvSRH #SRHvKKR #KKR #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/mPDrqBwGcb

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKR_FanClub) April 3, 2025

TRAVIS HEAD – GONE ✅
ISHAN KISHAN – GONE ✅
HEINRICH KLAASEN – GONE ✅

VAIBHAV ARORA IS UNLEASHED FOR #KKR
FLAMES EVERYWHERE! HE’S ON A RAMPAGE!

PURE FIRE
PURE CHAOS
PURE CARNAGE
BOWLED 🔥 LIKE A DRAGON pic.twitter.com/yTjRbgWrPN

— Dr Khushboo 🇮🇳 (@khushbookadri) April 3, 2025

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VAIBHAV ARORA'S FIERY SPELL! 🔥🏏

- 3 crucial wickets (Head, Kishan, Klaasen)
- Maiden over, stunning 3/29 vs SRH.
- An exceptional bowling display! 🌟 pic.twitter.com/m0OF4crwvv

— ݁ (@Worshipcric) April 3, 2025

Yes! #VaibhavArora got #HenrichKlassen out 😎 from #Head - #Henrich Bravo! #KkrvsSrh #IPL2025 #AmiKkr 💜 pic.twitter.com/HrXlOvMEtg

— AnanyaDas (@4n4ny4jazzy) April 3, 2025

🚨Danger man Henrich Klaasen is gone. Vaibhav picks his third wicket of the night.🔥💜#IPL2025 #KKRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/MAt0vXvm7m

— KKR Vibe (@KnightsVibe) April 3, 2025

This was a top spell by Vaibhav Arora, took 3 big wickets of Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen & Ishan Kishan and gave just 29 runs from his 4 overs.

— Vipul 🇮🇳 (@Vipul_Espeaks) April 3, 2025

WHAT A SPELL BY VAIBHAV ARORA.

- 3/29 with a maiden over Vs SRH. Wickets of Head, Kishan and Klaasen. An extraordinary performance by Vaibhav. 🔥#KKRvsSRH

— Om Yadav (@OmYadav87415088) April 3, 2025

"Vaibhav Arora on fire! 3/29 with a maiden, taking down Head, Kishan, and Klaasen - what a game-changer

— JHALAK (@_jhalak_01) April 3, 2025