Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans, 4th Match, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player HighlightsPBKS vs GT, 4th Match, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player Highlights
Washington Sundar to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, Cooper Connolly fittingly hits the winning runs! On IPL debut, the 22-year-old Australian has played a fantastic knock to take his team home. A non-turning flat length ball on the stumps, Connolly backs away and opens the bat-face to force it through the covers. He's timed the ball beautifully throughout the innings and he caps off the same way. The ball reaches the fence and Punjab Kings win by 3 wickets
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Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, yorker length, jammed down to long-on for a single. 14 runs off the penultimate over
18.4
Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, low full toss, pushed towards cover for a single
18.3
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Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, round the wicket, short ball on leg-stump line, pace off as well. Connolly swivels to pull and gets enough wood to clear short fine leg
17.1
Ashok Sharma to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, 111.1kph, round the wicket, pace off ball on a short of length, Connolly shapes to flat-bat it and miscues. The ball falls well short of long-off
16.5
Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, pacy full ball angling in towards the pad, Connolly flicks and inside-edges onto his back pad
16.4
Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, no run, 138.9kph, full delivery angling in, Connolly flicks and gets a leading edge that goes to extra cover on the bounce
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Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, SIX, superb batting from Connolly. He takes on this short delivery from Rabada and makes excellent contact. Stands tall, fetches it from outside off and middles the pull shot to send it over deep square leg. Pressure-releasing over from Punjab's point of view
15.5
Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, no run, 119.8kph, slower ball bouncer, head-high, Connolly crouches and sways away from it. Looks at the square-leg umpire but that's not a wide
15.2
Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, forces this length ball through the covers for a single
15.1
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Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, fifty for Cooper Connolly on IPL debut! 141.8kph, width on offer, quick hands from the left-hander as he cuts it behind square on the off-side. The ball bullets away to the fence. It's been a classy knock from the young Australian
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Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, 138.2kph, length ball angling in towards off and Connolly forces it to sweeper cover
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Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, wide, slower ball bouncer, Connolly lets it pass as it's above his head
13.5
Washington Sundar to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, clipped through midwicket
13.4
Washington Sundar to Cooper Connolly, no run, 98.8kph, pad-lined, Connolly flicks and misses
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Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, 2 runs, fraction short and wide of off, Connolly was pressing forward and then goes back on the cut, places it behind square on the off-side and there's plenty of work for the fielder in the deep, comes back for the second
11.5
Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, no run, Shreyas Iyer is down and OUT - looks to take evasive action as Connolly drilled the drive back at him. Couldn't take his hand out and is struck on the wrist. The physio is out and so is the ice pack, but he does look in severe pain. Couldn't get out of the way and pushed his hand across in defence, he's wincing in pain and looks to be in agony. PBKS dug-out look concerned. He's their cpatain and also a top batter, can't afford him to miss games
11.3
Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, the wrong 'un, Connolly doesn't pick as he pushed way in front of his body, gets an inside edge through mid-wicket
11.2
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Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, SIX, cracking shot, fraction short and at the stumps - Connolly picks the length, swivfels across and then hammers the pull over wide long-on for a maximum
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Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, no run, tossed up on off, a half-stride forward as Connolly defended
9.2
Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, tossed up on middle and leg, nudged into the gap wide of mid-wicvket for a single
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Washington Sundar to Cooper Connolly, no run, pushed through by Washington - Connolly backs away and chops it to the right of the bowler. Sundar is quick to get across and cuts off the boundary
8.4
Washington Sundar to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, flighted delivery on middle and leg, worked down to long-on for a single
8.3
Washington Sundar to Cooper Connolly, no run, fraction short and on off, punched back at the bowler
7.3
Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, tossed up on the leg-stump line, driven down to long-on for a single
7.2
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Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, SIX, clubbed, dragged short by Rashid - Connolly picks the length early, swivels across and then plays with the turn, pummels it over wide long-on for a maximum
7.1
Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, no run, flighted delivery on the leg-stump line, Connolly was looking to flick and gets an inside edge onto the on-side
6.4
Washington Sundar to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, shortish in length on middle, punched down to long-on
6.1
Washington Sundar to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, Washington comes from round the wicket and darts it on off. Punched to sweeper cover
5.3
Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, driven down to long-on for single
5.2
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Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, wrong'un from Rashid. Connolly picks it up and flat bats it past Rashid. Was hit with a lot of power and mid-off had no chance of stopping that
5.1
Rashid Khan to Cooper Connolly, no run, flatter delivery on middle, pushed back to Rashid
4.5
Ashok Sharma to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, knocked wide of the fielder on the on-side
4.4
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Ashok Sharma to Cooper Connolly, SIX, short delivery outside off, Cooper makes room and slashes the cut over deep point. Huge hit that
4.4
Ashok Sharma to Cooper Connolly, wide, sprayed down the leg, wide called
4.3
Ashok Sharma to Cooper Connolly, no run, good length delivery outside off, pushed to the off-side
4.2
Ashok Sharma to Cooper Connolly, no run, did that carry? Wasn't an easy catch. Ashok Sharma was in his followthrough as he tries to bend down to his left and catch it with his left hand. The ball pops out and falls to ground. Connolly tries to flat bat past the bowler and gets away with one
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Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, SIX, Rabada is getting a hammering here. Not the length to bowling to any batter in a T20 game. Was right in the slot and Connolly does it in style. Clears his front foot and smokes it over wide long-off for a huge six. 19-runs off the over
3.5
Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, no run, Connolly tries to be cheeky and misses. Goes a long way across to a full delivery outside off. Misses and the ball wasn't far from taking the off-pole
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Mohammed Siraj to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, first boundary for Connolly. Wasn't convincing, but he will take it. Slogs across the line and picks the gap between mid-on and mid-wicket. Raced away on this fast outfield
2.5
Mohammed Siraj to Cooper Connolly, 2 runs, Connolly tries to go big. Just manages to clear the in-field. Hits it off the inner half of the blade and just over Rabada, who gives chase and pulls it back to keep it down to a brace with a dive
2.2
Mohammed Siraj to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, uses his hands again. Slashes the wide delivery outside off to sweeper cover
2.1
Mohammed Siraj to Cooper Connolly, no run, angling away outside off. Connolly goes for the cut and misses. Doesn't use his feet and was in no position to get to the ball
2
Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, touch fuller in length outside off. Cooper square drives it to deep point
1.4
Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, first runs for Connolly in the IPL. Short and wide of off, cut down to third man
1.3
Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, no run, good length delivery on middle and off. Defended to cover