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Last season’s runner-up Punjab Kings have shown an amazing performance in the Indian Premier League 2026. Till now Shreyas Iyer’s team is the only one which has won all the matches. On Sunday, against Lucknow Super Giants, Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly created such havoc which surprised the Lucknow bowlers. A total of 454 runs were scored in the match, of which Punjab scored 254 runs on the score board.
Priyansh Arya batted brilliantly in the IPL match on Sunday to give Punjab Kings a big 54-run win over Lucknow Super Giants. Showed why he is counted among the most exciting T20 batsmen of the country along with Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
This disciple of Yuvraj Singh scored a brilliant 93 runs in just 37 balls. He got excellent support from Australia’s young batsman Cooper Connolly, who played a strong inning of 87 runs in 45 balls. The partnership between the two took Punjab Kings to a huge score of 254 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Priyansh and Connolly together made a partnership of 182 runs in just 80 balls, in which 16 sixes were hit. Priyansh hit 9 sixers and Connolly hit 7 sixers. Besides, both of them together also hit 12 fours. Chasing the target of 255 runs, Lucknow Super Giants scored 61 runs in the powerplay, but they never came close to the target and could only score 200 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs.
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Captain Rishabh Pant scored 43 runs in 23 balls and Mitchell Marsh scored 40 runs in 28 balls, but their efforts paled in front of the explosive batting of Priyansh and Connolly. Vishak Vijayakumar (1/30 in 4 overs) played an important role in bowling. By changing his pace, he broke the rhythm of both Marsh and Pant and stopped their innings.
After the fall of these two important wickets, the result was decided and the continuous winning streak of Shreyas Iyer’s team will continue. Punjab is the only team which has not lost a single match in this IPL season. Won 5 matches while the match against Kolkata was washed out due to rain.
Punjab Kings batsmen Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly made a partnership of 182 runs against Lucknow Super Giants. One of the biggest partnerships for franchises in EPL history. This is the third time partnership of more than 150 runs for Punjab Kings in the tournament. The highest partnership was 206 runs between Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011.
After this, in 2020, KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal made a partnership of 183 runs against Rajasthan Royals. The 182-run partnership between Arya and Connolly in 2026 is also among the fastest partnerships of more than 100 runs for the team, in which the run rate was 13.65. The fastest partnership was 130 runs between David Miller and R Satish in 2013, in which the run rate was 15.91. Other quick partnerships include Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Deepak Hooda and KL Rahul.
