Debutant Praful Hinge made IPL history with three wickets in his first over, while teammate Sakib Hussain also starred with four wickets as Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers dominated a match against Rajasthan Royals
Published Date – 14 April 2026, 12:00 PM
Hyderabad: Debutant Praful Hinge, who made IPL history by becoming the first bowler to take three wickets in the first over of an IPL match, dismissing Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel, and Lhuan-dre Pretorius for ducks, said he had written it somewhere that he would take 4-5 wickets on his debut.
” I thought of dominating the PowerPlay,” Player-of-the-Match Hinge said in the post-match press conference.
The Vidarbha fast bowler also said that form batter Suryavanshi was his favourite wicket, saying, “I had told people that I would bowl a bouncer to him and get him out. I just wanted to get him out. Varun bhai (our bowling coach) helped me plan it, so thank you.”
Praful Hinge also dedicated his award to his family and thanked the MRF Pace Foundation for supporting him.
And the other debutant 21-year-old Sakib Hussain, who also picked four wickets said that every player hoped for a debut like this, so it felt really good.
” I’m very happy. The bowling coach informed me a day before the game that I would be playing. From then on, my focus was simply on performing well.”
Sakib also credited SRH bowling coach Varun Aaron for his improvements.
“Varun bhai has been working with me for the past four years. Whatever improvement you see in my bowling is because of him. I give him full credit,” the Bihar pace bowler said.
For his part, Sunrisers captain Ishan Kishan luded the bowlers for the victory. “What we were looking for from the bowlers to just come here, play freely, execute their plans and I think they did that today and credit goes to all the bowlers,” he said.
“You have to see how hungry they are hungry to play these games, and I think they were working out throughout the season,” Ishan said.
“They were working with fielding, our bowling coach Varun Aaron and they were just trying to give their best, talking to all the experienced players,” said Ishan who batted brilliantly.
“So, I think that was something we were looking for and we had to give them a chance when we were playing in our home ground. They especially did well in the practice matches as well,” he said.
