After Praful Hinge, it was Sakib Hussain’s chance to shine on his Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) debut as he played an important role in rattling the Rajasthan Royals (RR) batting line-up. The right-arm medium pacer from Bihar, who made his T20 debut in 2022, finished with astonishing figures of 4/24 from his four overs. Earlier in the same innings, Hinge picked up three wickets in his very first over of the IPL to become the first-ever to do so in the history of the league.
Sakib Hussain bags 4-fer on IPL debut
Sakib struck gold in his very first over as he got rid of the in-form and fiery Yashasvi Jaiswal for just 1 run. The southpaw, who had 183 runs from 4 games before this contest, was caught out by Nitish Reddy at deep backward point while attempting to play a huge shot off a short delivery. The Bihar pacer then castled Donovan Ferreira, who was looking in pretty good touch with a 69-run off 44 deliveries, in the last delivery of the 15th over to end RR’s hopes altogether.
Sakib struck twice again in his final over, removing Jofra Archer for 2 runs and Ravi Bishnoi for a golden duck. Before his IPL debut, Hussain was more impressive in red-ball cricket, having registered his best figures of 10/99 in a red-ball game. In T20s, he had 10 wickets from 12 matches at an average of 34.30. Like Hinge, Sakib was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 30 lakh in the IPL 2026 mini-auction and it looks like he is yet another golden find for the side.
| Format | Mat | Runs | Wkts | Ave | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC | 6 | 492 | 16 | 30.75 | 4.14 | 44.5 |
| T20s | 12 | 343 | 10 | 34.30 | 10.34 | 19.9 |
What happened in SRH vs RR match?
After two consecutive losses, Sunrisers Hyderabad return to winning ways. SRH ended Rajasthan Royals’ unbeaten streak with a 57-run win at home. They struggled in the powerplay with Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head both failing. But captain Ishan Kishan (91 off 44) and Heinrich Klaasen (40 off 26) ensured SRH recovered and posted 216/6. Then, two debutants, Praful Hinge (4/34) and Sakib Hussain (4/24) bowled exceptional spells to rock Rajasthan, who were bowled out for 159.
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