New Delhi: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) pacer Praful Hinge enjoyed a dream debut against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Monday, April 13. Hinge single-handedly decimated the RR batting line-up during their 217-run chase with three wickets in his very first over. The Vidarbha pacer breathed fire as he ran through RR’s top order in a matter of just six deliveries.
The 24-year-old pacer from Vidarbha couldn’t have asked for a better start to his IPL career as he got the big wicket of young sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on the second ball of his very first over after opening the bowling for SRH during RR’s run chase. All eyes were on 15-year-old Sooryavanshi, who has been in rampaging form.
However, Hinge managed to keep the youngster quiet by getting him caught with a short ball. It was a hard length delivery which rushed Sooryavanshi into action, and the ball went straight up after being hit by the left-hander. Salil Arora completed the catch as Sooryavanshi was sent packing on a Golden Duck.
That was just the start for Hinge as he dismissed Dhruv Jurel and RR debutant Lhuan-dre Pretorius inside the next four deliveries to make it three wickets off his first over on his SRH debut. Hinge cleaned up Jurel on a 2-ball duck on the 4th delivery of the over before Pretorious was caught by Nitish Reddy on a 2-ball duck on the final ball of the over.
It turned out to be a dream debut for the SRH pacer, whose figures read an impressive 1, W, 0, W, 0, W in his first over against RR. Hinge decimated the Royals’ top order to leave them reeling on 1/3 in the very first over.
Watch Praful Hinge’s dream 1st over against RR on IPL debut:
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ✅
Praful Hinge ✅
Lhuan-dre Pretorius ✅A dream start for Praful Hinge on his #TATAIPL debut 🧡
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