Praful Hinge displayed lethal bowling in his IPL debut match. He took 3 wickets in the very first over, which included the wicket of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Hinge, who was included in the Sunrisers Hyderabad team, took 4 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs against Rajasthan Royals, for which he was adjudged Player of the Match. After this match, he became popular on the internet, his videos and reels started going viral. He became a star overnight. Before this match he had less than 4 thousand followers.

In that match played on Monday, Sunrisers Hyderabad had scored 216 runs (vs Rajasthan). While defending the target, Praful Hinge bowled the first over, on the very second ball of which he dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He walked Dhruv Jurel on the fourth ball and Luan Dre Pretorius on the last ball. Took 3 wickets for 1 run in the first over. Praful created an Instagram account in 2018, from then till last Sunday he had less than 4 thousand followers, which have now crossed 5 lakh.

Followers increased 150 times

Praful Hinge’s Instagram ID is prafulhinge_140. He created this account in 2018. Very few people knew Praful, who played for Vidarbha, he had less than 4 thousand followers on Instagram. But after his debut match against Rajasthan Royals, the whole of India is talking about him. Cricket watchers know that the 4 wickets he took in the debut match were not easy. Vaibhav scored a lot of runs on legendary bowlers like Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar, who were dismissed by Praful on the first ball.

Till the time of writing this news, Praful Hinge has 5 lakh 20 thousand followers on Instagram. He himself follows 403 people, he has made 98 posts so far.

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The first match of IPL 2026 was between RCB and SRH, in which Prafulla got a chance to meet Virat Kohli, so he did not let it go. Prafulla took a photo with Kohli and shared it on Instagram. Prafulla wrote with it, “With the legend.”

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.”

With the brilliant bowling of debutant Prafulla Hinge (four wickets for 34 runs) and Shakib Hussain (four wickets for 24 runs) after captain Ishan Kishan’s innings of 91 runs in 44 balls, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 match here on Monday.

Hinge set a new IPL record by taking three wickets in the first over itself. He made his debut memorable by dismissing Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel and Luhan-Dre Pretorius without opening the account.

After Kishan’s explosive innings, Sunrisers scored 216 runs for six wickets in the last overs due to the explosive batting of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Salil Arora, in response to which Rajasthan Royals were bowled out for 159 runs in 19 overs.

This is the first defeat of the Royals in five matches, while this is the second win of the Sunrisers in the same number of matches. Hinge got good support from another debutant bowler Shakib, who took important wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal (1) and Donovan Ferreira (69 runs in 44 balls). Ishan Malinga took two wickets for 31 runs.

After the fall of five wickets for just nine runs, Ferreira and Ravindra Jadeja (45 runs in 32 balls) kept the Royals in the match by making a partnership of 118 runs in 72 balls for the sixth wicket, but with the breakdown of this partnership, the team’s hopes ended.

Apart from hitting eight fours and six sixes in his innings, Kishan made an important partnership of 88 runs for the third wicket with Heinrich Klaasen (40 runs in 26 balls).

In the last overs, Reddy increased the run rate by scoring 28 runs in just 13 balls, while Arora scored an unbeaten 24 runs in 13 balls to take the team to a strong score.

While defending the target, Hinge got Vaibhav Suryavanshi caught by wicketkeeper Arora on the second ball of the innings. After this he bowled Jurel and completed three wickets by getting Luhan-Dre Pretorius caught by Reddy. These three batsmen returned to the pavilion without opening their account, due to which the Royals lost three wickets for one run.

Shakib dismissed Jaiswal in the second over and reduced the score to four wickets for two runs. Captain Riyan Parag hit the first four of the innings against Hinge, but was caught by Abhishek Sharma in the slip on the last ball of the third over, due to which half of the Royals team returned to the pavilion at nine runs in three overs.

After this, experienced Ravindra Jadeja and Donovan Ferreira batted cautiously and scored boundaries at regular intervals. Ferreira remained more aggressive during this period.

Jadeja hit two fours against Shakib in the fourth over, while Ferreira hit the first six of the innings against Hinge. The team’s score in the powerplay was 40 runs for five wickets.

Continuing his aggressive attitude, Ferreira hit two fours on consecutive balls against Shivang Kumar in the seventh over and hit the second six of his innings in the 11th over.

In the next over, he completed his half-century in 31 balls by hitting two fours and a six on consecutive balls of Harsh Dubey. Jadeja took the team’s score beyond 100 by hitting a four in the 13th over, while in the same over with one run by Ferreira, the pair completed a century partnership in 65 balls.

Shakib broke this wonderful partnership by bowling Ferreira in the 15th over, while Malinga ended the Royals’ hopes of victory by getting Jadeja caught by Arora.

After this, Shakib made his debut memorable by dismissing Joffra Archer and Ravi Bishnoi on consecutive balls in the 17th over. Tushar Deshpande scored 25 runs in 11 balls with the help of three sixes, but by then it was too late.

Before this, Sunrisers also had a bad start. Abhishek returned to the pavilion at the beginning of the innings without opening his account. He tried to play a big shot on the very first ball, but was caught by Bishnoi at third man on the ball of Archer (2 wickets for 37 runs).

After this, Kishan adopted an aggressive style and hit Archer for a four over fine leg and a six over deep midwicket. In the next overs, he also kept the run pace fast by hitting big shots on Sandeep Sharma and Deshpande. From the other end, Travis Head could not impress and was out after scoring 18 runs in 18 balls.

Even after this wicket, Kishan continued his aggressive stance and completed his half-century in 30 balls and took the team beyond 100 in 10.3 overs.

Kishan, while trying to play a big shot, waved Sandeep’s ball in the air and despite the collision with wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, the bowler took a brilliant catch.

Reddy hit four sixes in the last overs, while Arora hit two sixes and two fours, including a six against Tushar Deshpande on the last ball of the innings.

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.

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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.

Kavya Maran reaches the stadium to support Sunrisers Hyderabad in every match of IPL, on Monday also she was present at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. When Ishan Kishan was attacking the bowlers, happiness was clearly visible on Kavya’s face. When he hit a six off Joffra Archer, he stood up and applauded. After this, his happiness was at a different level on the deadly bowling of Prafulla Hinge.

Joffra Archer had dismissed Abhishek Sharma on the very first ball. Kavya present in the stadium was very sad on this, after this Travis Head (18) was also out cheaply. But captain Ishan Kishan played a stormy innings and took the team to a big score, he scored 91 runs in 44 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 8 fours. When she hit a six off Joffra’s ball, there was a different joy on Kavya’s face. He stood up and applauded with a slight smile.

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Kavya Maran gets excited after seeing Prafulla Hinge’s bowling

Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowler Prafulla Hinge, playing his IPL debut match, gave a great start to SRH by taking 3 wickets in the very first over. He took the wicket of Vaibhav Suryavanshi on the second ball of the first over, after which he dismissed Dhruv Jurel on the fourth ball. He took 3 wickets in the first over and a total of 4 wickets, for which he received the Player of the Match award.

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi tried to hit a big shot on his second and first ball of the over, but the ball only went high. When the ball was in the air, Kavya Maran immediately stood up from her seat, as soon as wicketkeeper Salil Arora took the catch, Kavya Maran jumped with joy.

IPL 2026 SRH vs RR: Hyderabad captain Ishan Kishan praised debutant fast bowlers Prafulla Hinge and Shakib Hussain after defeating Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs in the Indian Premier League T20 match here on Monday.

Hinge created history by taking 3 wickets in a single over.

Hinge and Shakib took four wickets each in their debut match. ‘Player of the Match’ Hinge set a new IPL record by taking three wickets in his first over. He dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel and Luhan-Dre Pretorius without opening the account.

Kishan’s inning of 91 runs in 44 balls helped Sunrisers score 216 runs for six wickets, in response to which Rajasthan Royals were bowled out for 159 runs.

Giving opportunity to new bowlers is a well thought out strategy of the team management – Kisan

After the victory, Kishan expressed satisfaction over the team’s performance and said that this victory was important for the team and the players implemented the plans well. “We are very happy with this win,” he told broadcasters at the awards ceremony. The team scored two important points and the bowlers did what we expected from them. We told him to play freely and execute his plans properly, and today he did just that. The credit for this goes to all the bowlers.

On giving opportunity to new bowlers, he said, “You also have to see how much desire the young players have for success.” He was working hard with our bowling coach Varun Aaron throughout the season and was constantly interacting with the experienced players. It was necessary to give him a chance on home ground and today this decision proved to be right.

In this match, Sunrisers’ opener Abhishek Sharma was out without opening the account on the very first ball, but Kishan defended him and said, ‘The way Abhishek plays, it is inevitable to get out early sometimes. It is our responsibility to take the innings deep, so that he can play freely. If he gets going then we can easily make a big score. He was out today, but hopefully he will return more motivated in the next match.

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IPL 2026 SRH vs RR: The 21st match of IPL 2026 was played on Monday between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR). Batting first, SRH scored 216 runs and bowled out RR for 159 runs, winning the match by 57 runs.

Prafulla Hinge and Saqib Hussain, playing their first match, played a big role in SRH’s victory. Both had taken 4-4 wickets. Apart from this, captain Ishan Kishan also played an inning of 91 runs in 44 balls.

Saqib Hussain looks very fearless and talented – Michelle McClenaghan

Speaking on Star Sports’ Amul Cricket Live, former New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan praised Saqib Hussain and Praful Hinge.

Mitchell McClenaghan said of Saqib Hussain, “Saqib Hussain has looked very fearless and talented. At the start of the chase, he took the big wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal with the new ball. That wicket put an end to Rajasthan’s top order and any chances of chasing 217 runs. Later, he showed his ability to bowl slower balls and his ability to hit them surprised everyone. His slower ball took Mustafizur Showed a glimpse of Rahman, he appeared to be right-handed Mustafizur.

Mitchell McClenaghan said about Prafulla Hinge, “You also have to give credit to this young talented fast bowler. He changed his line and length very well. The first ball to Vaibhav Suryavanshi, he bowled a sharp bumper which surprised him and he was out. Against Dhruv Jurel, he bowled on the fourth-stump line and the inside edge hit the stumps, it was a peach ball. In his first over as a debutant, He showed great control by bowling such a good line, he proved that he is serious about the work.

McClenaghan said that these two fearless players have shown that the future of Indian bowling is in safe hands.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad has defeated Rajasthan Royals by a huge margin of 57 runs. Praful Hinge, who made his debut for SRH, took 4 valuable wickets while bowling the match-winner. Praful laid the foundation of Hyderabad’s victory by taking the wickets of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel and Luan Dre Pretorius in the very first over of the innings. Ishan Kishan also contributed to Hyderabad’s big victory by playing an inning of 91 runs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad team came to bat first after losing the toss. Both the openers in the form of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head had flopped, but captain Ishan Kishan showed his strength and played an inning of 91 runs in 44 balls. Heinrich Klaasen scored 40 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy and Salil Arora also played short but important innings to take SRH to the score of 216.

Praful and Saqib wreaked havoc

Sunrisers Hyderabad had given debut opportunity to both Praful Hinge and Saqib Hussain in this match. Prafulla opened the innings and dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel and Luan Dry Pretorius in the very first over. These three batsmen could not even open their account. When the second over came, Saqib Hussain also dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal in the very first over of his IPL career. Rajasthan had lost 4 wickets at the score of 2 runs.

Praful’s havoc had not stopped yet, because in the second over of his spell, he also dismissed captain Riyan Parag, who could score only 4 runs. By the time the score was only 9 runs, half of the Rajasthan team had returned to the pavilion. Meanwhile, Ravindra Jadeja and Donovan Ferreira saved RR from defeat by a huge margin by making a partnership of 118 runs or rather, saved the team’s net run rate from weakening too much. Jadeja scored 45 runs and Ferreira scored 69 runs.

Rajasthan’s top order was destroyed by Praful Hinge and the lower order batsmen were destroyed by Saqib Hussain. Praful and Saqib both took 4-4 wickets in the match. Ishan Malinga took the remaining 2 wickets.

The 21st league match of IPL 2026 was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals. In the match, Hyderabad, captained by Ishan Kishan, defeated Rajasthan by 57 runs. Ishan Kishan, Prafulla Hinge and Saqib Hussain made important contributions in helping the team win.

Both the teams have played 4-4 matches. Now they will face each other in the fifth match. Rajasthan has won all four matches. On the other hand, Hyderabad has won only one match out of four. The team won the only match against Kolkata Knight Riders by 65 runs. In the remaining three matches, Hyderabad had to face defeat against Bengaluru by 6 wickets, against Lucknow by 5 wickets and against Punjab by 6 wickets.

Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Head to Head

Talking about the head to head record of Hyderabad and Rajasthan, so far 21 matches have been played between the two. Hyderabad has taken the lead in these matches and has won 12 matches. Rajasthan has won the remaining 9 matches. Last season, a match was seen between the two, in which Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 44 runs. Now it will be interesting to see which team wins in today’s match.

Rajasthan Royals squad

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ryan Parag (captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Joffra Archer, Nandre Berger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Brijesh Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Adam Milne, Dasun Shanaka, Kuldeep Sen, Sushant Mishra, Yudhveer Singh Charak, Quena Mafaka, Vignesh Puthur, Aman Rao Perala.

Sunrisers Hyderabad squad

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk/captain), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Ishan Malinga, Jaydev Unadkat, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Prafulla Hinge, Kamindu Mendis, David Payne, Zeeshan Ansari, Brydon Carse, Smaran Ravichandran, Saqib Hussain, Cranes Phuletra, Omkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar.

Praful Hinge, who came to play his first match of IPL 2026, has got a ‘dream debut’. Sunrisers Hyderabad, batting first, scored 216 runs. Rajasthan Royals must have also started feeling proud of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, hence they called him for the opening as an impact player. But who would have thought that a bowler named Praful Hinge would create a sensation in his IPL debut match itself.

Praful Hinge came to bowl the first over. Yashasvi Jaiswal took one run on the first ball, but on the very second ball, the dreaded batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi got out without opening the account while trying to play a big shot. Dhruv Jurel and Luan Drie Pretorius were also out within the next 4 balls. The amazing coincidence was that all three batsmen were out on ‘zero’.

Praful Hinge is the first bowler in history to have taken 3 wickets in the very first over of an IPL match. There have been bowlers who have taken 2 wickets in the first over of the innings, but Praful is the first bowler to take 3 wickets.

Who is Praful Hinge?

24 year old Praful Hinge comes from Nagpur, Maharashtra. He plays for Vidarbha in Indian domestic cricket. Praful’s sister has played a big role in taking off his career. His sister is a chartered accountant and used to study till late night. Seeing his sister’s hard work and dedication, Praful also wanted to become the best in some field.

Praful did not get the support of his father in the beginning, these were the days when Praful was 12 years old. But after a summer camp trial, father also gave green signal to Praful to continue cricket.

Praful was not good in studies

Praful Hinge was not interested in studies, but he became very fond of the game of cricket. Praful considers India’s legendary fast bowler Umesh Yadav as his idol. Even both of them have shared the dressing room for Vidarbha. Umesh, who has taken 288 wickets in international cricket for the Indian cricket team. Praful got the inspiration to establish himself as a star fast bowler from Umesh Yadav.

Sitting in the temple, watching the auction

When the IPL 2026 auction was going on, players usually had their eyes fixed on the TV. Like everyone else, Praful was also watching the auction live, but he was not at his home in Nagpur but was watching the auction sitting in a temple near his home. Last season also his name was in the auction, but no team bid on him. At that time Praful promised his father that he would definitely be auctioned in the next season and indeed his hard work paid off.