SRH gave RR a target of 217 runs. Ishan Kishan (91) and Clason (40) batted brilliantly. In reply, Rajasthan had a very bad start and 5 wickets fell in 3 overs. In the debut match, Prafulla Hinge broke the back of Rajasthan Royals by taking 4 wickets in 2 overs.
Who is Praful Hinge: Another hero emerged in the match being played between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals. His name is Prafull Hinge. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s fast bowler Hinge broke the back of Rajasthan Royals by taking 3 wickets in his debut over. Earlier, while batting, Hyderabad scored 216 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Prafulla Hinge created history
Rajasthan Royals, who set out to chase the target of 217 runs, had a very bad start. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was caught by Arora on the very second ball of Prafulla Hinge. After this, Dhruv Jurel was bowled on the fourth ball of Hinge. Prestorius also got caught by Nitish Reddy on the sixth ball of Hinge. This over of Hinge proved to be very heavy for Rajasthan. Let us tell you that till now in the history of IPL no one has been able to take three wickets in the first over.
All three batsmen who were out on Hinge’s ball could not open their account.
The special thing was that all the three batsmen of Rajasthan Royals, who were out in the first over of Prafulla Hinge, returned to the pavilion without opening their account. However, Hinge’s hunger to take wickets is still not satiated. In his second over, he took his fourth wicket by getting captain Riyan Parag caught by Abhishek Sharma at the score of just 4 runs. In this way Hinge brought destruction in the camp of Rajasthan Royals.
Who is Prafulla Hinge sold at the base price of Rs 30 lakh?
Prafulla Hinge comes from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra i.e. Nagpur. Hinge first wanted to become a batsman, but on the insistence of his father he started bowling. Hinge is a right-arm fast bowler, who is playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. The team had bought him in the auction at a base price of Rs 30 lakh. Prafulla was sitting in the temple when his name was being bid in the IPL auction. This moment was very special and emotional for him, because at that very moment his IPL journey started.
When questions were raised on Hinge’s bowling action
Questions were raised on his bowling action in the early stages of his career. However, with hard work and continuous practice, he improved his technique and has emerged as a better fast bowler today. Prafulla is taking training at MRF Pace Foundation, Chennai from 2022. Apart from this, in 2024 he also got a chance to go to Brisbane, Australia for a 15-day training camp, which further improved his game.
Hinge’s domestic cricket and debut
Prafulla plays for Vidarbha team in domestic cricket. This 24-year-old player made his debut in senior cricket from the 2024-25 season.
- First Class: 10 matches, 27 wickets, average 26.66
- List A: 6 matches, 5 wickets
- T20 (before IPL): 1 match, 1 wicket