6 balls, 1 run and 3 wickets… The debutant sealed SRH’s victory in the first over.
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SRH vs RR Match Turning Point: In the 21st match of the Indian Premier League 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs. In this match, Rajasthan team lost 3 wickets in its very first over and from there the match completely went in favor of Sunrisers. The first over of the innings proved to be the turning point for Sunrisers.

Turning point of Sunrisers vs Rajasthan match
New Delhi: Prafulla Hinge and Shakib Hussain wreaked havoc with their lethal bowling in the debut match. Both these debutants of Sunrisers took four wickets each in the match against Rajasthan. In the match, Sunrisers team batted first after losing the toss and scored 216 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. In response to this score, when Rajasthan team came out to bat, three of its batsmen were out in the very first over and from here the match completely changed for Sunrisers.
Prafulla Hinge bowled the first over of the innings for Sunrisers. Hinge bowled a sharp bouncer to Vaibhav Suryavanshi in the very first over and he was caught out. After this, soon Dhruv Jurel and Dwayne Pretorius also started leaving. These three Rajasthan batsmen could not even open their account in the first over. In this way, Prafulla’s 3 wickets in the first over proved to be the turning point of the match for Sunrisers.
Prafulla Hinge took 4 wickets in the match
Prafulla Hinge, who made his debut for Sunrisers, took four wickets for 34 runs in a spell of 4 overs in the match. Prafulla was also chosen Player of the Match for his dream. In this match, the second debutant Shakib Hussain also bowled strongly. Shakib also brought Rajasthan Royals to their knees in his debut match by taking 4 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs.
Sunrisers won the match by 57 runs
Talking about this match, Sunrisers team won against Rajasthan by 57 runs. After losing the toss in the match, Sunrisers batted first and scored 216 runs with the strong innings of 91 runs by Ishan Kishan. In response to this score of Sunrisers, Rajasthan team was reduced to 159 runs in 19 overs. In this way, Sunrisers achieved their second win this season, while Rajasthan had to face their first defeat.
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