Kamal Ghorui
NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Praful Hinge, after dismantling Rajasthan Royals, recreated a Mohammed Siraj-style video following SRH’s win. Making his debut for SRH on Monday, Hinge broke RR’s backbone with a three-wicket burst in the very first over of the innings and helped Sunrisers Hyderabad cruise to a 57-run victory in their IPL 2026 match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. He went on to finish with figures of 4/34 after rattling RR’s strong top order.Nagpur-based Hinge became the first bowler in IPL history to take a three-wicket haul in the opening over.After the win, Hinge’s teammate Nitish Reddy posted a video with the pacer, saying: “Bhai log, jo bhi bhai ka id hai wo sab fake hai. Ek jo niche ID jo tag hoga wo real hoga.”The context of the clip was linked to an old video Siraj had shared on Instagram. Years ago, Siraj had posted a video clarifying that his account was the original one, while many fake profiles also existed.After Sunrisers Hyderabad posted a massive 216/6 in 20 overs, powered by Ishan Kishan’s 91 and Heinrich Klaasen’s 40, Hinge produced the unthinkable.On the very first ball of his spell, Hinge dismissed Vaibhav Sooryavanshi cheaply. Sooryavanshi’s eyes lit up on seeing the short ball and he went for an expansive pull, but a top edge was taken by keeper Salil Arora, leaving Hinge and SRH jubilant.It was the beginning of a sensational spell from Hinge – he had Dhruv Jurel chopping onto his stumps before trapping Lhuan-dre Pretorius, who flicked one straight to long leg. The dream start made Hinge the first-ever bowler to take three wickets in the opening over of an IPL innings.Sunrisers Hyderabad will next face Chennai Super Kings on April 18 at the same venue.
