Who is Praful Hinge: Sunrisers Hyderabad team is playing against Rajasthan Royals at its home ground Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, in which 24-year-old fast bowler Prafulla Hinge, who is playing his debut match in this tournament, has already created history by taking three wickets in the first over. Prafulla Hinge was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad team for Rs 30 lakh in the player auction for the IPL 2026 season, after which he has created a new history in the IPL by sending Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel and Luan Dre Pretorius for ducks in the very first over in the debut match.
Who is Prafulla Hinge?
Talking about 24 year old right arm fast bowler Prafulla Hinge, he plays for Vidarbha team in domestic cricket and is a resident of Nagpur. Before the auction of IPL 2026 season, Prafulla Hinge was called for trials by Sunrisers Hyderabad, Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians, after which Hyderabad made him a part of their squad considering his talent. If we talk about Prafulla Hinge’s career in domestic cricket, he has played 10 matches in First Class, 6 in List-A and two in T20 format. Prafulla Hinge played his debut match in T20 last year against Andhra team, in which he has now played his second straight match in this format in IPL. While Prafulla Hinge has so far taken 27 wickets in first class cricket, he has 5 wickets to his name in List-A cricket.
Wanted to become a batsman, became a bowler
Talking about Prafulla Hinge, his dream was to become a batsman, but seeing his height, his father advised him to become a bowler. After this, he did not look back, in which Prafulla Hinge has been doing MRF Pace Foundation training in Chennai since 2022 and he also went on a tour to Brisbane for a 15-day camp in 2024. Ishan Kishan had also announced the inclusion of Prafulla Hinge in the match against Punjab Kings, but later he included Jaydev Unadkat from the impact player list. However, in this match, Prafulla Hinge was able to show his talent when he got a chance.
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