IPL Debut Stars: SRH’s Prafulla-Saqib created a stir in their debut, but this player who played for MI still holds the biggest record.

IPL Debut Stars: The Indian Premier League platform has always been known for giving recognition to new stars, and this trend continues in IPL 2026. In the match played on Monday, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s young bowlers Saqib Hussain and Prafulla Hinge caught everyone’s attention by performing brilliantly in their debut match. Both the bowlers made the start of their IPL career memorable by taking 4 wickets each against Rajasthan Royals.

However, despite his explosive debut, the best debut bowling record in IPL history is still in the name of former Mumbai Indians fast bowler Alzarri Joseph.

Shine for SRH cheerful And Saqib

Against a strong batting lineup like Rajasthan Royals, Saqib Hussain showed excellent control by registering figures of 4/24. At the same time, Prafulla Hinge also took 4 wickets and made a special achievement in his name; He became the first bowler in IPL history to take 3 wickets (Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel and Luan-Dre Pretorius) in his first over.

Hinge completely changed the course of the match by destroying the middle order and played an important role in SRH’s victory. For this performance he was also awarded the Player of the Match award.

But the biggest record is still in the name of MI

Even though Shakib and Prafulla took 4-4 wickets on debut, the record of best bowling performance in IPL debut is still in the name of Alzarri Joseph.
Playing for Mumbai Indians, he took 6 wickets for 12 runs in his very first match in 2019—which is still the best bowling performance on IPL debut.

Not only this, it was not only the best debut bowling performance in IPL history, but he also overtook Sohail Tanvir’s 11-year-old record of 6/14, which had been the best bowling figures in the IPL for a long time.

Ashwini Kumar’s record is special among Indians

Talking about Indian players, Ashwini Kumar became the first Indian bowler to take 4 wickets on IPL debut. This achievement was recorded in his name last year (2025), which brought him into the news overnight. Not only this, Ashwini Kumar is among the few players who have taken a wicket on the very first ball of their IPL debut.

Other stars who gave memorable performances in debut

Many players in the history of IPL have already proved themselves in the first match:

• Brendon McCullum (KKR, 2008): 158 runs unbeaten in debut match
• Michael Hussey (CSK, 2008): 116 runs unbeaten on debut
• Alzarri Joseph (MI, 2019) – 6/12 on debut: While debuting for Mumbai Indians, Alzarri Joseph took 6 wickets and gave only 12 runs.
• Ashwini Kumar(MI, 2025): 4/24 on debut and player of the match
• Cooper Connolly (PBKS, 2026): Unbeaten 72 runs in debut and player of the match

Special bowler who took wicket on the very first ball

There have been some selected bowlers in IPL history who took a wicket on the very first ball of their career. This special list includes names like Mathisha Pathirana, Ishant Sharma and Ashwini Kumar.

chance to become a future star

This performance of Saqib Hussain and Prafulla Hinge shows that IPL is not only a platform for star players but also the biggest opportunity for new talent. If both the bowlers maintain this form, they can become important players for the franchise and perhaps even the national team in the times to come.