India, April 14 -- In a format unabashedly partial towards batters, uncapped Indian pacers Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain made it a night to remember by scything through Rajasthan Royals' famed batting line-up on their debut to help carve a 57-run win for Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday.

Hussain took 4/24 after Hinge scalped 4/34 while becoming the first bowler in IPL history to take three wickets in the first over of the innings. Reduced to 9 for five wickets, Royal's chase was over even before it started.

That they still managed to score 159 is a validation of their lower middle-order that hadn't been tested before this, especially the pair of Ravindra Jadeja and Donovan Ferreira who added a record-breaking 118 runs for the sixth wicket...