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Shreyas Iyer-Connolly Anchors PBKS Innings After Double Blow

Shreyas Iyer-Connolly Anchors PBKS Innings After Double Blow

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After the dismissal of openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer anchors the innings in the IPL 2026 game played against the Delhi Capitals at Dharamsala. Iyer is capitalising on the innings after a solid start from Priyansh Arya, aiming to post a big total on the scoreboard. After being invited to bat first, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh opened the innings while Mitchell Starc opened the bowling attack. With an expensive over from Starc, PBKS made a solid start as Arya unleashed his fury, hitting fours and sixes. On the other hand, Prabhsimran Singh played a second fiddle. Priyansh Arya smashed 24-ball fifty as Punjab Kings scored 72 runs in the powerplay. Deceived but over the ropes 😲 Rate Shreyas Iyer’s one-handed Maximum 🙌✍️ Updates ▶️ https://t.co/wHhflKIvCR#TATAIPL | #KhelBindaas | #PBKSvDC pic.twitter.com/QBdquBuzqJ — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 11, 2026 Delhi Capitals used four bowlers but couldn’t stop the run flow. Only Auqib Nabi leaked runs under 10 run rate. Mukesh Kumar bagged the first wicket dismissing Prabhsimran Singh for 18 runs. He got dismissed …

Punjab Kings Ride Priyansh Arya–Connolly Run-Fest to Post 254/7 vs LSG

Punjab Kings Ride Priyansh Arya–Connolly Run-Fest to Post 254/7 vs LSG

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A powerhouse batting from Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly guided Punjab Kings to post a mammoth run target against Lucknow Super Giants at New Chandigarh. Priyansh Arya (93) and Cooper Connolly (87) have led the Punjab Kings batting lineup, converting into a blitz on Sunday’s clash. After being invited to bat first, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh opened the innings while Mohammed Shami opened the bowling attack. Shami picked the wicket of Prabhsimran Singh for a golden duck, and Cooper Connolly joined Arya to trouble LSG bowlers. The duo amassed a decent score of 63 runs in the power play. However, they went on to carnage mode where Arya smashed a second fifty of the season while Connolly brought his fifty and sent on to smash 87 runs off 46 deliveries before being dismissed by Prince Yadav. His knock included 8 fours and 7 sixes. The duo made a 182-run partnership for the second wicket as the duo went on to troubled the LSG bowlers. Meanwhile Arya went on to score 93 runs off 36 deliveries which …

Cooper Connolly: Australia’s next batting star announces himself with stunning IPL debut | Cricket News

Cooper Connolly: Australia’s next batting star announces himself with stunning IPL debut | Cricket News

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The bait ball lurked. After blasting Cooper Connolly on his pads with a flat ball on leg stump, Rashid Khan pulled the length back a fraction, pushed the ball faster through the air and outside off stump. He could almost imagine the batsman’s response: a cut from the crease, either feathering an edge or dragging the ball onto the stumps. But Connolly imagined the unimagined. He shifted to the back foot but, instead of going horizontal, opened up his body and clubbed him down the ground with a sweet, straight bat-swing — front foot in the air, back foot pivoting like an axis. The hand-speed, the lucid bat-swing and the daring to take on IPL’s well-worn regulars would become hallmarks of Connolly’s match-winning 72 not out on his IPL debut. He spared none — neither Rashid nor Kagiso Rabada, nor later the reformed Prasidh Krishna. His BBL club and state coach Adam Voges has long drooled over his bat-swing. “He’s got a beautiful swing of the bat. He doesn’t need a lot of width to …

Cooper Connolly holds his nerve to produce a match-winning knock for Punjab Kings

Cooper Connolly holds his nerve to produce a match-winning knock for Punjab Kings

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5 min readUpdated: Apr 1, 2026 12:33 AM IST Synopsis: In a thriller with a wicked late twist, PBKS’ Connolly emerges the hero after the bowlers’ demolition act A clumsy middle-over meltdown kicked life into what seemed like a canter for Punjab Kings at one stage and ignited hopes of a heist for Gujarat Titans. From 110 for 2, PBKS free-fell to 118 for 6, thanks chiefly to Prasidh Krishna’s three-wicket burst. But IPL debutant Cooper Connolly demonstrated his maturity with an unconquered 72 to help PKBS sneak home by three wickets. Connolly, the hero The blond-haired Australian’s nerves did not snap. From a juncture of absolute control, he saw his side crumble and teeter on the edge. He saw his teammates squander their wickets. He felt the run rate and pressure mounting. But in the 16th over, with PBKS requiring 42 to win from 30 balls on a sluggish deck against a revived bowling group, he counterpunched Kagiso Rabada, one of the most feared bowlers around.He cut the first ball for four to complete …

From Finn Allen to Quinton de Kock: Top overseas players to watch out at the T20 World Cup | Cricket News

From Finn Allen to Quinton de Kock: Top overseas players to watch out at the T20 World Cup | Cricket News

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As the season of T20 league festivities, primarily shouldered by the BBL and SA20, recently concluded, the attention turns to the ICC 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. The BBL and SA20 saw quite some dazzling performances from a bunch of international stars. Here is the list of players you must watch out for ahead of the T20 World Cup, which is all set to commence from 7 February. The Kiwi opener made headlines with his standout performance in the BBL 2025-26 season. Finn Allen, playing for the Perth Scorchers, finished as the top run scorer of the tournament, scoring 466 runs and striking at an impressive 184.19. Allen clobbered 38 sixes, the most by any batter throughout the season. Allen’s best performance came against the Melbourne Renegades, wherein he scored a fiery 101 (53), a testament to his aggressive approach of striking from ball one. Allen displayed his hitting prowess in the final too, scoring a brisk 36 (22), playing a vital role in securing the Scorchers’ sixth title …

‘I’m happy to perform any role’: Australia’s Cooper Connolly ready to bat at any position for Punjab Kings | Cricket News

‘I’m happy to perform any role’: Australia’s Cooper Connolly ready to bat at any position for Punjab Kings | Cricket News

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Australia’s Cooper Connolly who was snapped up by the Punjab Kings in the recent IPL mini auction said that he is willing to bat at any position that will suit the team when he makes his maiden Indian Premier League appearance next year. “I like to model my game on being able to be versatile in any position. So whether that’s at three, whether that’s in the middle, I’m happy to perform any role,” Connolly said at a virtual media interaction on Monday. “I feel like I’m still learning the role at number three for the (Perth) Scorchers. It’s a role I enjoy. But if the role in the IPL is different, that’s totally understandable because it’s a world class team. To just be in the middle order would be sort of a nice opportunity just to sort of knuckle down and get to work in the middle order,” he added. The 22-year-old has scored two fifties from the No.3 position for the Scorchers and is one of te most promising young players from Australia, …

‘Mohammed Shami is a world class player for a reason’: Australian young talent Connolly on Indian pacer | Cricket News

‘Mohammed Shami is a world class player for a reason’: Australian young talent Connolly on Indian pacer | Cricket News

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In what was World champions Australia’s first defeat in the knock-out stages in ICC Tournaments since the 2011 World Cup, opener Cooper Connolly remained in spotlight first with a nine-ball duck and later dropping a Rohit Sharma catch followed by his wicket later during the team’s six-wicket loss against eventual champions India in the Champion Trophy semi-final in Dubai early this week. The 21-year-old had faced nine deliveries from Indian pacer Mohammed Shami before he edged behind for a nine-ball duck and the rookie, who was called in as replacement for Matthew Short in the semi-final, has termed Shami as a world class bowler. “As a kid, you always want to represent your country, and to walk out there in a semi-final was an unbelievable experience, and I’ll take a lot of learnings from it. Mohammad Shami is a world class player for a reason. He’s played a lot of cricket. In the end, it was a great game of cricket and I think we took a lot of learnings as a group from that,” …

‘You cannot build pressure on him’: Ashton Agar lauds Virat Kohli’s knock vs AUS in Champions Trophy semifinal | Cricket News

‘You cannot build pressure on him’: Ashton Agar lauds Virat Kohli’s knock vs AUS in Champions Trophy semifinal | Cricket News

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Australian spinner Ashton Agar said that it was pretty difficult to build any pressure on Virat Kohli when he is in such hot form. This was after Kohli scored an impressive 84 runs against Australia in the Champions Trophy semifinal on Tuesday, helping to guide India to the final. “It is not the damage that he can do to the fence, it’s just the fact that you cannot build pressure on him. So it’s really hard to get him out in a sense. You never really feel like you’re on top of him unless the ball is really spinning. And you don’t get a lot of pitches in one-day cricket like that,” Agar said on ESPNcricinfo’s Match Day. “That’s the frustrating part about bowling to him. He has this fantastic ability to hit your best ball, the top of middle stump, slightly spinning away, he holds the bat’s face slightly longer than other batters do, opens it in the last second, and hits it in the cover point gap. He’s probably the best in the …

Cooper Connolly replaces Matt Short in Australia’s Champions Trophy squad | Cricket News

Cooper Connolly replaces Matt Short in Australia’s Champions Trophy squad | Cricket News

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Australia have included spin-bowling allrounder Cooper Connolly in their CHampions Trophy squad to replace injured opener Matt Short, who was ruled out due to quad injury. The 21-year-old Connolly, who made his ODI debut in England last year, was initially named as a travelling reserve for the tournament “The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 has approved Cooper Connolly as a replacement for Matthew Short in the Australia squad,” ICC said in a statement. Story continues below this ad “Twenty-one-year-old Connolly, who has played three ODIs, was named as a replacement after Short was ruled out due to an injury to his left quadriceps.” Australia will have to look for a new opener, when they will lock horns against India in the first semi-final of the Champions Trophy. “I think we saw tonight he wasn’t moving very well. I think it’s probably going to be too quick between games for him to recover,” Smith had told Prime Video. Australia have another spare opener in Jake Fraser-McGurk, but that would leave them …

Ball Hits The Roof Of Stadium In Big Bash League 2024, Injures Bowler’s Hand. Video

Ball Hits The Roof Of Stadium In Big Bash League 2024, Injures Bowler’s Hand. Video

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Cooper Connolly’s strike hit the roof of the stadium, injuring Kane Richardson in the process.© X (Twitter) A rather interesting and rare incident took place at the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) 2024 season, when a ball was hit straight onto the roof of a cricket ground. The Docklands Stadium in Melbourne is mainly used for Australian rules football, but is also the home ground of BBL franchise Melbourne Renegades, making it one of the few cricket stadiums that have a roof at the top of the stadium. This caused one of the rarest moments in cricket, as the ball went straight up and smacked against the roof before coming down. In a game between the Renegades and Perth Scorchers, batter Cooper Connolly hit a ball by former Australian bowler Kane Richardson high into the air. The ball travelled high enough to hit the roof, and came back down with tremendous speed, even causing a bit of discomfort to Richardson, who tried catching it. Watch: Ball hits roof in BBL BALL HIT …