SRH vs PBKS Highlights, IPL 2026: Cooper Connolly's century in vain as Punjab Kings suffer hat-trick of defeats

Shivang Kumar to Cooper Connolly, At 90.4 kph, short and another googly, on middle. Cooper cuts it to backward point.

Shivang Kumar to Suryansh Shedge, Around off and the length stays short, on off. Suryansh guides it to the right of short third for one more.

Shivang Kumar to Suryansh Shedge, Bowls the googly, shorter and on off. Shedge steers it with the turn with an open bat face to short third.

Shivang Kumar to Cooper Connolly, Floated up again, on middle. Connolly gets down on a knee and goes hard on the slog sweep. It comes off the inner half to deep mid-wicket. They cross.

Shivang Kumar to Cooper Connolly, Looped up, on leg. Cooper Connolly gets the front pad out of the way and gets his hands through the line of the ball. Drives it to the right of cover for a couple of runs.

Shivang Kumar to Suryansh Shedge, Fractionally short, turning into middle and leg. Suryansh Shedge presses back for the pull. It goes off an inside edge to deep fine leg for a single.

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Suryansh Shedge, On a length, around middle and leg, Suryansh Shedge works this through the mid-wicket region and takes a single to end the over. Another tidy one for SRH. 

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Cooper Connolly, Short and into the batter, Cooper pulls this flat towards Heinrich Klaasen at deep mid-wicket for a single.

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Suryansh Shedge, Good length, wide outside off, Suryansh Shedge plays this late and dabs this through short third for a single. 

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Cooper Connolly, Back of a length, into the batter, Cooper Connolly flicks this through mid-wicket for a single.

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Suryansh Shedge, Slower one, on a length, around off, Suryansh Shedge gets right on top of it and keeps it out around covers. 

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Suryansh Shedge, Hard length, around off, Suryansh Shedge dabs this straight to point. 

Shivang Kumar to Cooper Connolly, A quicker googly, on middle and leg, Cooper Connolly backs away and punches this to extra cover.

Shivang Kumar to Suryansh Shedge, Fuller around off, Suryansh Shedge punches this through the off side for a single to open his account. 

Suryansh Shedge comes out to the middle.

Shivang Kumar to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! A timely break for Sunrisers Hyderabad as they remove Marcus Stoinis from the middle. Another googly, around off, Marcus Stoinis shuffles away to his leg side and slashes hard at it. Goes for the cut but gets an outside edge due to a bit of extra bounce. The ball pops out of Ishan Kishan's grasp and lobs to his right, but he is aware of where the ball is and takes it safely on the second go.

Shivang Kumar to Marcus Stoinis, Wrong'un around off, Marcus Stoinis backs away and looks to cut this square on off but gets beaten. 

Shivang Kumar to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Crunched away for a boundary. Flighted, around off, Marcus Stoinis gets right on top of the bounce and drives this through the left of extra cover for a boundary. Stoinis looks in really good touch here. 

Shivang Kumar to Marcus Stoinis, Fuller around the pads, Marcus Stoinis sweeps this towards the fine leg region for a couple of runs. 

Eshan Malinga to Cooper Connolly, End of the Powerplay with a dot. Good length, around off, Cooper Connolly takes a baby step towards the pitch of this ball and pushes it straight to cover-point. A better connection and the ball would have beaten the fielder. At the end of 6 overs, PBKS are 57/3.

Eshan Malinga to Cooper Connolly, Pitched-up delivery, around off, Cooper Connolly drives this towards cover-point. 

Eshan Malinga to Cooper Connolly, Eshan bends his back and bowls it short and wide of off, Cooper Connolly arches back and leaves it all alone. 

Eshan Malinga to Cooper Connolly, Off the bat? There was a noise. Nails the yorker, angling across off. Cooper Connolly hurriedly drops his bat down. He is beaten on the outside edge. The UltraEdge confirms that the sound was of the bat hitting the turf.

Eshan Malinga to Cooper Connolly, WIDE! Short and wide outside off, Cooper Connolly leaves it all alone. Wided. 

Eshan Malinga to Cooper Connolly, FOUR! The floodgates have opened. Short and on middle and off, Cooper Connolly stands tall and pulls this over the mid-wicket fielder for yet another boundary. 

Eshan Malinga to Cooper Connolly, FOUR! Back of a length, around off, Cooper Connolly stays leg side to the pitch of the ball and cuts this over the fielder at backward point for four more runs. The 50 comes up for the Punjab Kings.

Sakib Hussain to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Stoinis makes the most of the Free Hit. Pitched-up delivery, on the pads, Marcus Stoinis picks it up with a flick and deposits this into the stands for a biggie towards the deep square leg region. 

Sakib Hussain to Marcus Stoinis, NO BALL AND FOUR! Pressure telling on Sakib as he gets it all wrong. Above-waist full toss off, Marcus Stoinis gets up on his toes and slaps this through the gap between extra cover and mid off for four runs. Free Hit up next...

Sakib Hussain to Marcus Stoinis. Back of a length, way too wide outside off, Marcus Stoinis leaves it. Wided. 

Sakib Hussain to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Excellent from The Hulk. Short and wide of off again, Marcus Stoinis hits this really well and lofts this over the extra cover fielder for a boundary this time. The ball is flying off the middle of Stoinis' bat. 

Sakib Hussain to Marcus Stoinis, On a good length at the sticks, Stoinis has just blocked that from the crease.

Sakib Hussain to Marcus Stoinis, Slower ball, on a back of a length, outside off. Stoinis slaps it towards cover, who fails to stop it despite diving to his right. Malinga runs across from deep point, gets there near the boundary, and uses his boot to stop it. They pick up two runs as the extra cover fielder chases it down and sends the throw back.

Sakib Hussain to Marcus Stoinis, Hard length, on middle and off, Marcus gets deep inside the crease and blocks this out. 

Sakib Hussain to Cooper Connolly, Back of a length, around off, Cooper Connolly gets up on his toes and slices this towards the deep third region for a single. 

Time for Sakib Hussain? Indeed. Pat Cummins continues to shuffle his bowlers.

Eshan Malinga to Marcus Stoinis, Bowls the off-cutter, on a length, just outside off. Stoinis gets deceived and drags it off the inner half to mid on. Fantastic over from Malinga. Just 6 runs and a wicket from it.

Eshan Malinga to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! MUSCLED INTO THE STANDS! A touch fuller by Malinga, angling from middle to leg. Marcus Stoinis reads the length early, presses back and heaves it comfortably over deep mid-wicket for a cracking six.

Eshan Malinga to Marcus Stoinis, Off cutter by the looks of it, on a length, around middle. Marcus stands tall and knocks it back to the bowler.

Eshan Malinga to Marcus Stoinis, Back of a length, on middle. Marcus Stoinis gets behind the line and blocks it to mid on.

Another dent in the chase for the Punjab Kings. Marcus Stoinis joins his countryman in the middle.

Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! Straight up the chimney and gone! It is falling apart for the Punjab Kings now as they lose their skipper. Eshan Malinga continues his magic with the ball this season. This is pace off, pitched fuller and on the off stump line. Shreyas Iyer tries to go downtown with a lofted hit, but ends up slicing it high in the air with one hand coming off the handle as well. The ball goes high over mid off and Pat Cummins takes a few steps back to take a safe catch with a reverse cup. Punjab Kings are 23/3, needing 213 off 100 balls.

Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Speared on a length, on middle and leg. Shreyas Iyer brings his bat in front of the pads and eases it to mid on.

Just the one over for Nitish Kumar Reddy in his opening spell. Eshan Malinga comes into the attack.

Pat Cummins to Cooper Connolly, The yorker now from Pat, on middle. Cooper's head falls over, but he manages to squeeze it out to the cover region. 13 runs from Cummins' second.

Pat Cummins to Cooper Connolly, Hard length, on leg, Connolly is a bit rushed and tucks it to the leg side.

Pat Cummins to Cooper Connolly, SIX! Makes the most of the Free Hit! Touch fuller and outside off. Cooper Connolly gets his front leg out of the way and launches it into the orbit, parking it behind deep point for a massive six.

Pat Cummins to Cooper Connolly, Bluffs the batter with a slower length ball, over off. Cooper Connolly is months early into the pull shot and misses. Takes a blow on his shoulder, and it rolls away to the short third region. Oh, dear! The siren goes off as Cummins has overstepped. No Ball called. Free Hit to follow...

Pat Cummins to Cooper Connolly, Short of a good length, on off, Cooper Connolly hangs back and bunts it to mid off.

Pat Cummins to Cooper Connolly, Similar line and length, Cooper Connolly steers it off the back foot to the right of the diving cover-point fielder for a couple of runs.

Pat Cummins to Cooper Connolly, FOUR! Briefly aerially, but in the gap! Back of a length, just outside off. Cooper Connolly gets his hands through and punches it between cover and point for a boundary.