Who is Prafulla? Exploded on debut for SRH, took 3 wickets in the first over
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Who is Praful Hinge: Fast bowler Praful Hinge, who made his debut for Sunrisers in the Indian Premier League 2026, created a sensation by taking three wickets in the very first over. Prafulla was the first to get Vaibhav Suryavanshi out. In the same over, he took the wicket of Dhruv Jurel and then Dwayne Pretorius.

Praful Hinz took three wickets in his very first over.
New Delhi: 24-year-old fast bowler Prafulla Hinge, who made his IPL debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad, brought Rajasthan Royals to their knees in the very first over. With his deadly bowling, Prafulla first made Vaibhav Suryavanshi his victim. After Vaibhav, Rajasthan team was able to recover when Prafulla dismissed Dhruv Jurel also. Prafulla created history by dismissing Dwayne Pretorius on the last ball of his first over of his IPL career.
Prafulla has become the first player in IPL history to take three wickets in the very first over of his debut match. All the three batsmen who were out in the first over against Prafulla could not open their account. Talking about Prafulla’s bowling, he took 4 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs against Rajasthan, due to which Sunrisers won the match by 57 runs. In such a situation, let us know who is this deadly debutant player of Sunrisers.
Who is 24 year old fast bowler Prafulla Hinge?
24 year old Prafulla Hinge plays for Vidarbha in domestic cricket. Praful made his debut in first class cricket for Vidarbha in the year 2024. In the last Ranji Trophy season, Prafulla created a sensation with his lethal bowling. In such a situation, the scouting of Sunrisers included him in their team at the base price of only Rs 30 lakh. Prafulla Hinge did not get a chance in the first four matches of this season, but he made a splash for Sunrisers in his debut match against Rajasthan Royals.
Talking about Prafulla’s domestic cricket career, so far he has played a total of 10 first class and 6 List A matches for Vidarbha. In first class cricket, Prafulla has taken a total of 27 wickets for Vidarbha so far. He has taken 5 wickets in 6 List A matches. The interesting thing is that before his IPL debut, Prafulla had played only 1 T20 match, in which he took 1 wicket for 24 runs.
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