Saqib Hussain has joined those bowlers who took 4 or more wickets in the debut match of IPL. Playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Shakib gave 24 runs in 4 overs and took 4 wickets, along with him Prafulla Hinge also took 4 wickets. This was also his debut match. Here we are telling about the struggles in Hussain’s life, overcoming which he has come into the limelight today. His life was spent in poverty. When he joined KKR, the franchise shared an interview with him. In the interview, his father had told that sometimes he had to think about even one meal. He also praised Saqib’s behavior and said that he also understood the financial situation.

Mother sold jewelry

Saqib Hussain’s mother also told in the same interview how her son wanted cricket shoes, but he was not able to buy them because they were very expensive. She told that her son was depressed, tears welled in his eyes, then his mother sold her jewelery and bought him spike shoes.

His father was a farmer, but due to knee problems he was unable to work. Saqib Hussain told in that interview that it was he who had asked his father not to work. Saqib initially wanted to join the army, he also used to prepare for this. Then he started playing cricket with tennis balls. Seeing his talent, his friends and people advised him to become a professional cricketer.

Story of Sakib Hussain from Bihar
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How did you enter IPL?

Saqib Hussain comes from Gopalganj, Bihar, who was first bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. KKR bought him for Rs 20 lakh in 2024, but never played him in the match. After being released from Kolkata, Sunrisers Hyderabad bought him for Rs 30 lakh for the ongoing edition (IPL 2026), for which he took 4 wickets in the very first match.

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Shakib’s entry in IPL came after his performance in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He made his debut for Bihar in SMAT at the age of 17, in the very second match of which he took 4 wickets. The scout team of IPL franchises was also present in this tournament, whose eyes fell on Shakib’s bowling.

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.