New Delhi, April 13 -- Praful Hinge couldn't have asked for a more dreamy Indian Premier League (IPL) debut after the Vidarbha pacer struck three times in his very first over against Rajasthan Royals on Monday. Defending 200-plus total, the Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel and Lhuan-dre Pretorius to become the first player ever in the history of the tournament to take three wickets in an opening over of an innings.

Hinge was to make his IPL debut in Sunrisers Hyderabad's last game against Punjab Kings after being named at the coin toss by captai Ishan Kishan. But the 24-year-old endured a heartbreak when he found out that Jaiydev Unadkat would be taking the field instead of him.

After his first ball w...