Prafulla Hinge won the Player of the Match award in his IPL debut match, he dismissed a dangerous batsman like Vaibhav Suryavanshi on his very second ball. In the same over, he also sent Dhruv Jurel to the pavilion, who had looked in good form in the previous matches of the ongoing edition. He took a total of 4 wickets. In the match held on Monday, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs. Prafulla said after the match that he had already told the people that Vaibhav would be out on a bouncer ball. He also said that he had written somewhere that he would take 4-5 wickets in his debut match.

Batting first in this match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Sunrisers Hyderabad had scored 216 runs, but considering the batting of Rajasthan Royals seen in the previous matches, this chase did not seem very difficult. But Prafulla Hinge, who was playing his debut match in IPL, wreaked havoc on the Rajasthan batsmen. He bowled the first over of the innings, on the very second ball of which he dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi and dismissed Dhruv Jurel on the fourth ball. In the very first over, he also sent Luan-Dre Pretorius to the pavilion. He took his fourth wicket in the form of Riyan Parag.

What did Prafulla Hinge say?

After receiving the Player of the Match award, Prafulla said, “I had written somewhere that I will take 4-5 wickets in my debut match. I thought that I will put pressure in the powerplay. I believe that whatever you think, it comes true. I started playing cricket at the age of 13, then I did not even know what leather ball cricket was. I asked my father to join some club. But he said that I am too young. Then he took me to the club, and after that I continued playing. I want to dedicate this award to my family.”

Describing Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s wicket as his favourite, Prafulla Hinge further said, “I told people that I will bowl him a bouncer and get him out. I just wanted to get him out. Our bowling coach helped me plan it, so thanks to him.”

Prafulla Hinge displayed lethal bowling in his IPL debut match, he bowled the first over and dismissed the top batsmen of Rajasthan Royals. This was the biggest turning point of the match, after which the difficulties for RR kept increasing. SRH is the first team to defeat Rajasthan in the ongoing edition. Prafulla dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel and Luan-Dre Pretorius in his first over.

In this match played in Hyderabad on Monday, Riyan Parag had decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Abhishek (0) and Head (18) could not play big innings, but Ishan Kishan, who came at number three, played a brilliant inning of 91 runs. Heinrich Klaasen scored an important 40 runs. Sunrisers had scored 216 runs. While chasing the target, Rajasthan Royals lost 3 wickets in the first over, this over was of Prafulla Hinge.

What happened in Prafulla Hinge’s first over?

Ishaan gave the first over to Prafulla, who was playing his debut match. The first ball he bowled to Jaiswal was a back of length ball outside off, on which one run came. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was in front on the second ball. This ball of Prafulla was a little short, on which Vaibhav swung the bat for a big shot. The ball hit the edge of the upper part of the bat and went only high. This became an easy catch for the wicketkeeper.

Dhruv Jurel, who came at number three, played his first ball a dot, but was bowled on the fourth ball of the over. This ball of Prafulla Hinge was on the off side, on which the batsman wanted to cut in the direction of the third man. After hitting the bat, the ball went straight to the stump.

Dwayne Pretorius, who came at number four, also played a dot on the first ball and was out on the last ball of the second and first over. Pretorius swept this ball towards deep backward square, making it an easy catch for Nitish Kumar Reddy at the boundary. Prafulla Hinge bowled a record spell in the first match of his IPL debut, he gave only 1 run and took 3 wickets.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Dhruv Jurel
Lhuan-dre Pretorius

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Riyan Parag was also made a victim

Prafulla Hinge took his fourth wicket as Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag. In the spell of 4 overs, he gave a total of 34 runs and took 4 wickets. While chasing the target of 217 runs, Rajasthan Royals collapsed for 159 runs. Prafulla won the Player of the Match award.