Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants, 29th Match, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player HighlightsPBKS vs LSG, 29th Match, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player Highlights

Prince Yadav to Cooper Connolly, out Caught by Manimaran Siddharth!! Unlucky no. 87. It's an Australian batters who falls for 87. That's the 10th wicket of IPL 2026 for Prince Yadav. He goes short and quick around off, Cooper Connolly swings across the line and loses his shape in the process. A thick top edge it induced as the ball flies towards backward point. Siddharth stationed there calls for it, settles under it and takes a safe catch to end a rollicking knock by Cooper Connolly. He walks back to a standing ovation from the spectators and his teammates in the dugout. That was a sensational knock by the southpaw. Has put Punjab Kings in the driver's seat. Cooper Connolly c Manimaran Siddharth b Prince Yadav 87(46) [4s-8 6s-7]

Prince Yadav to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, here's a slower delivery by Prince Yadav outside off, Cooper Connolly slices this over the infield at cover-point for one

Prince Yadav to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, smash, smash, smash! They're smashing the bowlers like Hulk smashed Loki in Avengers. Full and wide outside off, Cooper Connolly throws his hands at it and smashes it over deep extra cover. This almost goes the distance for a flat six. Landed just in front of the cushions

Prince Yadav to Cooper Connolly, no run, full and quick on leg, Cooper Connolly swings across the line, gets an inside edge that deflects off the pads and rolls back to the bowler

Aiden Markram to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, over the wicket to spin it across the LHB, Connolly mistimes the slog to deep backward square leg

Aiden Markram to Cooper Connolly, wide, tries the wide line but bowls too wide

Aiden Markram to Cooper Connolly, SIX, now into the sightscreen. Aiden Markram tried to find the blockhole, instead offers slot as he just misses and the ball was belted so hard that he swirled away and just missed the sightscreen

Aiden Markram to Cooper Connolly, SIX, tried to bowl this into the wicket and he's actually rushed the batter a bit but Connolly has still managed to pull and send it over long-on despite this being a mishit. The batter backed away, the bowler followed but he couldn't stop him

Aiden Markram to Cooper Connolly, SIX, these two are on a mission - to ensure the ball is left with no leather on it. Flatter delivery just outside off stump, Connolly lofts over cover and it stays a proper hit

Avesh Khan to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, wide yorker outside off stump, Connolly squeezes it to third man

Avesh Khan to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, oh he moves across a long way but manages to scoop this third full toss of the over short fine leg for almost a six. Had it been into the wicket may have been difficult. But credit to Connolly for moving and putting Avesh off on the yorker Naman Tiwari

Mohammed Shami to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, great shot! Wide yorker outside off stump, Connolly squeezes it out so perfectly to split backward point and short third man

Mohammed Shami to Cooper Connolly, SIX, the second slower ball of the over picked up again and this time smacked behind the sightscreen. Full and in the slot, Connolly gets under it and helps himself to a fifty. Gentle raise of the bat to the crowd and the dugout. He was 19 off 22 and in the next 13 balls he has scored 35 runs

Mohammed Shami to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, very full delivery outside off stump, Connolly drives to deep point

Mohammed Shami to Cooper Connolly, SIX, nicely swung away over mid-wicket. Slower delivery on the stumps, gave it away early in the grip so Connolly was able to delay the slog and he got the timing absolutely right. Shami looks up and looks to deep mid-wicket in hope but it's cleared the fielder

Prince Yadav to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, very full delivery on the leg stump, Connolly flicks to deep square leg

Manimaran Siddharth to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, fires the yorker, dug out to extra-cover

Manimaran Siddharth to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, wristy back foot guide to this slider, ball rolls to short third man

Avesh Khan to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, goes round the wicket and bowls short of length delivery, Connolly drives to long-off

Avesh Khan to Cooper Connolly, SIX, please hit me out of the ground ball from Avesh! Connolly enjoyed that so much that he lofted the drive and held the pose for the cameras. Full and in the slot outside off stump, one of the neatest cricket shots, yet went so high and long

Avesh Khan to Cooper Connolly, no run, tries to glance fine but the ball lobs on the bounce to Shami off the thigh pad

Ayush Badoni to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, flatter delivery on the stumps, Connolly punches it along the ground to long-off

Ayush Badoni to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, flatter delivery outside off stump, Connolly cuts and sends to deep point

Ayush Badoni to Cooper Connolly, SIX, now it's slot and Connolly belts it down the ground over long-on. The offie to two LHBs was the idea but the length has been right in the arc for Connolly to tee off and he's bettered his strike-rate

Ayush Badoni to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, flatter delivery on the stumps, Connolly stays leg-side and slaps a hard drive wide of mid-off

Mohsin Khan to Cooper Connolly, leg byes, 1 run, thuds the pad with a full delivery angling into the LHB, Connolly late on the flick, hits the pad but it's easily missing leg stump this time

Prince Yadav to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, five dots and he's tried a needless slower ball that's released the pressure. Short and into the wicket, oh that's what I wanted says Connolly and belts the pull between mid-wicket and mid-on. Spoils a great over, still is a very good over though

Prince Yadav to Cooper Connolly, no run, full and outside off stump, Connolly wants to break-free but mistimes the drive to mid-on

Prince Yadav to Cooper Connolly, no run, short delivery outside off stump, Connolly looks to pull and misses

Prince Yadav to Cooper Connolly, no run, the wide yorker outside off stump, Connolly looks to squeeze it out but makes no contact

Prince Yadav to Cooper Connolly, no run, short of length delivery doesn't rise much and Connolly slices the cut, finds the man at cover-point

Prince Yadav to Cooper Connolly, no run, beaten! Short of a length delivery angling away, Connolly looks to cut and misses

Mohsin Khan to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, this time wristed to mid-on

Mohsin Khan to Cooper Connolly, no run, in the airrr and he escapes a mishit. Smart short delivery that Connolly wasn't expecting. He wasn't ready on the pull, luckily the timing was so poor that it fell well in front of Mitch Marsh at mid-wicket

Mohsin Khan to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, first slip would have swallowed that! Full and angling in, wobble seam and it skids on this time. Connolly was late on the slash, thick edge flies to the left of Pant for four

Mohsin Khan to Cooper Connolly, no run, oh went for a mighty heave and got an inside edge onto pad, ball hits the pad and lobs to the off-side. Tried to smack this length ball over mid-wicket, but the ball moved back in to trouble him

Mohammed Shami to Cooper Connolly, leg byes, 1 run, short of length delivery down the leg-side, Connolly misses the glance, ball goes behind square off the thigh pad

Mohammed Shami to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Connolly drives and it's cut off with the dive at cover

Mohammed Shami to Cooper Connolly, no run, Mohammed Shami goes over the wicket and angles this away from the LHB, Connolly looks to slash and misses

Mohammed Shami to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, in the airrr, clears mid-off and it escapes for four. Length delivery angling in, Connolly swung hard, didn't connect well and got away with it

Mohsin Khan to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, dropped but a tough chance! Fullish delivery, Connolly looks to drive, mistimes it uppish to the right of the bowler who reacted a bit late in his followthrough. Ball rolls to mid-off after the deflection

Mohsin Khan to Cooper Connolly, no run, short of length delivery, Connolly defends

Mohsin Khan to Cooper Connolly, no run, shout for LBW but may be just missing leg. Pant thinks hard, was almost about to review with a couple of seconds left and then gestured no that's going down I feel. Fullish and angling in, Connolly misses the flick, ball hit the pad in line with the stumps but the angle from over the wicket was taking it down. No no! Hang on, ball-tracker says three reds. LSG have missed the trick. Mohsin was confident but didn't get support

Mohsin Khan to Cooper Connolly, no run, short of length delivery moving away outside off stump, Connolly looks to cut and misses

Mohammed Shami to Cooper Connolly, FOUR, strays on the pads and gives the release ball. Connolly accepts the offer and flicks it brilliantly through mid-wicket to open his account. Shami not happy with that last ball

Mohammed Shami to Cooper Connolly, no run, the round the wicket angle to the LHB works wonders and he's almost had Connolly caught behind here. Full and angling in, Connolly got sucked into a drive and the ball moved away to beat the bat

Mohammed Shami to Cooper Connolly, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, Connolly lets it pass