Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|04-04-2026
CSK vs PBKS: Punjab Kings all-rounder Cooper Connolly played an innings of 36 runs in 22 balls, hitting six fours, in the IPL 2026 match played against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday (April 3). With this innings, Connolly made a special record in his name.
Connolly has reached sixth place in terms of scoring most runs in IPL history after the first two matches.
He has scored 108 runs in the first two matches of his IPL career at an average of 108 and strike rate of 163.64. In this list, he left behind legends like Lendl Simmons, Virender Sehwag and Matthew Hayden. Brendon McCullum is at first place in this list with 163 runs.Let us tell you that in the first match of the season against Gujarat Titans, Connolly had scored unbeaten 72 runs in 44 balls.
Connolly has also come first in the competition for scoring the most runs.It is noteworthy that in this match Punjab defeated Chennai by 5 wickets. This is Punjab’s second consecutive win and Chennai’s second consecutive defeat.
After being invited to bat first, Connolly scored 209 runs at the loss of 5 wickets.
In which Ayush Mhatre scored 73 runs in 43 balls, Shivam Dubey scored unbeaten 45 runs in 27 balls and Sarfaraz Khan scored 32 runs in 12 balls.In reply, Punjab won by losing 5 wickets in 18.4 overs. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored 50 runs in 29 balls, Prabhasmiran Singh scored 43 runs in 34 balls, Priyansh Arya scored 39 runs in 11 balls.
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