Cricket fans were left in awe when budding fast bowler Prafulla Hinge was taking wickets against Rajasthan Royals for fun. In one over, he took three wickets, and eventually completed his bowling quota of 4 overs with 4 wickets. In the first over of his spell, the fast bowler took the wickets of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel and Luan-Dre Pretorius. Suryavanshi, Jurel and Pretorius were all out for a duck.
Countless fans searched for ‘Praful Hinge’ on the internet to know who the bowler is, what are his records and every possible detail to highlight his talent. During an online conversation with former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, Vimal Kumar raised the issue of Prafulla Hinge’s search results on the internet.
Vimal Kumar expressed concern over internet search results
Sharing a screenshot, Vimal Kumar claimed that the internet failed to provide real information about Prafulla Hinge. Kumar said that whenever fans search for an emerging fast bowler who has a good track record in domestic cricket, the internet has no proper answer. Kumar asked Ashwin, why is the internet failing to provide proper information about Hinge, what was the problem?
What Ashwin said in reply suddenly came to the fore. The former cricketer said that when people searched for Vimal Kumar, there was a lot of information on the internet, but when someone searched for Prafulla Hinge, the results were not appropriate.
Ashwin trolled Kumar
“When someone searches Vimalava (Vimal) on the internet, they can see a lot of things as search results. But when someone tries to search a player like Hinge, the results lack information. I must be saying something is wrong”, Ravichandran Ashwin responded to Vimal Kumar.
Why did you break Vimalva? pic.twitter.com/9UxrUvjlJ3
– Snehahaha (@__Sn_e_ha__) 13 April 2026
Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowler Prafulla Hinge took 4 wickets in 4 overs at an economy rate of just 8.50. Hyderabad successfully defended the score by scoring 216 runs in the first innings and won the match against Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs. After the match, the fast bowler said that the wicket of Vaibhav Suryavanshi was most important for him.
Some notable information about Prafulla Hinge
“I had told a few people that I would bowl him (Vaibhav Suryavanshi) out with a bouncer. I just wanted to bowl him out on the first ball; that was the plan. Bowling coach Varun Aaron helped me a lot,” the 24-year-old player said after the match.
Hinz also revealed, “I started playing cricket at the age of 13. I initially didn’t know what leather ball cricket was. But, I asked my father to enroll me in a club and he took me there and that’s how I started my cricket. I want to dedicate this award to my family.”
According to ESPNcricinfo, the fast bowler made his first-class debut for Vidarbha in October 2024, after which he took 16 wickets in 11 innings at an average of 26.37. His only T20I came against Andhra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in December 2025 when he took 1 for 23.
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