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

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Cooper Connolly, On a good length, around off, Cooper Connolly looks to punch it through covers, but inside edges it wide of mid on for a single.

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Cooper Connolly, Back of a length, around off, going across the batter. Cooper Connolly stays leg side and slashes at it but misses out. 

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Shreyas Iyer, Hard length, on top of off, Shreyas Iyer dabs this late and guides this to short third for a single. 

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Shreyas Iyer, On a length, hint of away swing on offer. Shreyas Iyer prods onto his front foot and pushes this to cover.

Punjab's skipper, Shreyas Iyer makes his way out to bat with his side in early strife.

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Through the gap! On a hard length, outside off, Iyer presses back and cuts it precisely between cover and cover-point for a boundary.

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Prabhsimran Singh, OUT! TAKEN! Both PBKS openers fall early. This is full from Reddy, on the stump line. Prabhsimran Singh lines up to whip it over the leg side, but gets a thick leading edge. The ball spoons up over and around the mid off region. Pat Cummins calls for the catch, moves a bit to his left and gets down on his haunches to take it with a reverse cup. 

Priyansh Arya falls cheaply. In walks Cooper Connolly at number 3. He will be keen to redeem himself, having had a forgettable outing in the field. Nitish Kumar Reddy will operate from the other end.

Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, OUT! CAUGHT SHARPLY IN THE DEEP! Cummins lands an early blow on the Kings and that's a sensational catch from Eshan Malinga. Mid off was pushed back, and perhaps Arya was expecting a full ball. Cummins comes up with the bluff. Bowls a well-directed short ball around off. Priyansh Arya tries to hammer it over square leg, but gets a bit of a top edge, and it sails to the left of deep square leg. Eshan Malinga runs across, sees the ball like a hawk and dives to take a fine low catch. He tumbles over, but maintains the ball in his hand. Punjab Kings are 4/1, chasing 236.

Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, Beaten! Good heat by the skipper. At 147 kph, this is dug in short, on top of off. Priyansh Arya tries to pull off the back foot, but the ball keeps rising and whistles over his blade.

Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Good length, outside off, Prabhsimran Singh presses back and cuts it over backward point for a run.

Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, On a length, on middle, Singh bunts it back to the bowler.

Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Oh, no! A bit untidy by SRH! Hard length, around off, Singh punches it off the back foot to deep point. Eshan Malinga runs to his right and cuts it off. Throws it to the keeper, Kishan, who is a bit casual and fumbles the ball to the leg side. They cross for the second as well.

Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, Gets off the mark! Back of a length, angling outside off, Arya presses back, lets the ball come and steers it to deep backward point for a single.

All in readiness for the chase to get underway. Pat Cummins leads his men out to the middle. Harsh Dubey has been introduced as SRH's Impact Sub. Travis Head makes way for the left-arm finger spinner. Out walk the two Punjab openers, Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya. Cummins will start with the new ball for the home side. Arya will face the first ball. A slip in place. Let's go...

... THE RUN CHASE ...

Been there, done that - That's how the Punjab Kings would be motivating themselves right now. They boast the record for the highest successful run chase in IPL history and also chased down 220 against the Sunrisers when they met earlier this season in Mullanpur. But SRH have got most of their success while defending their totals this year, and this makes the run chase all the more interesting. Back in a bit for the second innings. Stay tuned.

SRH's Mr Consistent is up for a word - Heinrich Klaasen slips on the Orange Cap before a chat with the broadcasters. He says that Travishek had a fantastic start as usual, but they lost crucial wickets in the middle, which made things a bit difficult, but they ended well. Klaasen shares that it's a fantastic wicket to bat on, but the ball slowed and gripped a bit, which made things a bit difficult for the batters. He ends by saying that they will try to keep it simple and try to win this game.

Butterfingers on a belter - PBKS bowled reasonably well and created genuine chances, but their fielding woes this season continued to bleed across players. Ishan and Klaasen were both let off on genuine chances, a stumping chance went missing off Chahal as well, and every opportunity that slipped through their fingers left SRH breathing easier. Both made PBKS pay dearly with Kishan blazing to a half-century and Klaasen notching one of his own. However, with Kishan's fall, there was a bit of a calm phase before Heinrich Klaasen unleashed himself through a ruthless assault, accompanied by a quick cameo by Nitish Kumar Reddy.

Travishek tear the bowlers apart - A flat deck, no grass, no mercy. Hyderabad was tailor-made for batting. Abhishek Sharma wasted no time launching into his trademark assault, with Head gleefully joining the carnage. PBKS looked like they were bowling into a revolving door. Ferguson finally ended Abhishek's fun, but Head rode the slipstream his partner had created, continuing the blitz until Chahal, brought on earlier than expected, put a stop to it. At halfway, though, SRH had raced to 118/2 with Ishan and Klaasen joining in alliance to consolidate nicely.

A literal run-fest in Hyderabad - Another match, another 200-plus score posted on the board. It's becoming a new norm in the IPL as teams have so casually breached this figure and have gone well past it. This one was a true entertainer from the first ball itself, and we are just halfway there. The bowling woes continue for the Punjab Kings, but a huge chunk of it has come through some generosity by the fielders. This is the fourth time that they have conceded more than 200 this year. SRH for all the reprieves they got, would be very happy to post a huge score on a belter of a wicket.

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Heinrich Klaasen, OUT! TAKEN! A wicket off the final ball of the innings. SRH finish with 235/4. Heinrich Klaasen will feel that he missed out here, as this was in the slot. Vyshak misses his yorker by a bit, outside off. Klaasen hangs deep in the crease and swings to go inside out. Ends up hitting it a lot straighter. It is skied towards long off, where Marco Jansen runs in off the ropes and drops to a knee to take the catch low to the ground.

Game stopped due to : Light Failure

Halt in play as one of the floodlight towers has gone off. And almost within a minute, the issue has been sorted out. Good to continue. Final ball coming up. 

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Smart batting! Full and at the sticks by Vyshak, Klaasen knows that fine leg and square leg are both inside the circle. Heinrich plants his front foot across the stumps and helps it over the man at short fine leg to pick up a boundary.

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Heinrich Klaasen, From around the wicket now, back to bowling the yorker, outside off. Klaasen hurriedly drops his bat down. The ball dribbles in front of long off and the batters come charging back for the second run.

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Clean as a whistle! Vijaykumar Vyshak moves away from the yorker plan and pays the price. Serves a length ball, wide on off. Heinrich Klaasen keeps a still head and opens up the front hip to pump it over wide long off for a six.

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Heinrich Klaasen, Top delivery. Seam-up ball and the yorker is executed, outside off. Heinrich Klaasen digs it out back to the bowler.

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Vyshak lands it full and outside off. Nitish Kumar Reddy walks across and swings a bit too hard. He loses his shape and miscues it off the inner half through mid-wicket. They cross.

That was an excellent penultimate over from Arshdeep. Just one boundary from it. And sometimes, who knows, these one or two quiet overs might prove to be the point of difference. Vijaykumar Vyshak will bowl the final over of the first innings. 3-0-41-0 are his bowling figures so far.

Arshdeep Singh to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Going away, very full. This is carved to deep backward point for one. The 50-run stand comes up between these two batters. Nelson on the board for SRH.

Arshdeep Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, Dipping low full toss, on off. Heinrich Klaasen tries to pick it up and park it in the stands. Gets it off the toe end towards mid-wicket for just a single.

Arshdeep Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, Arshdeep goes short, on off. Heinrich Klaasen flat bats it down the ground and the umpire is quick to get out of the way. Marco Jansen tidies up after moving to his left from long on. A couple of more runs.

Arshdeep Singh to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Reddy walks across the stumps before the ball is released. Arshdeep slips in a low full toss, on the off stump. NKR shapes up for the reverse but then adjusts to the line and angles the bat face to guide it through point for one.

Arshdeep Singh to Nitish Kumar Reddy, FOUR! Nicely done! Not a great option with backward point and third man both up inside the circle. Arshdeep attempts the wide yorker, Reddy reaches out and slices it with an open bat face. Threads the gap between backward pointa nd short third for a boundary.

Arshdeep Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, Nails the wide yorker, Klaasen is made to reach out. It goes off the toe end to short third for a single.

Lockie Ferguson ends his spell with figures of 4-0-41-1. Arshdeep Singh (3-0-33-1) will bowl the penultimate over.

Lockie Ferguson to Nitish Kumar Reddy, SIX! Into the stands! A six off the last ball spoils the over from Punjab's perspective. Ferguson takes pace off and lands it on a back of a length, on middle. Reddy waits on the back foot for the ball to arrive and clobbers it over square leg for a biggie. 13 runs off the over.

Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, Ferguson goes full, following the batter. Heinrich Klaasen drills it back past the bowler. The ball is past Lockie before he can react. Shreyas Iyer moves swiftly to his left and keeps the batters down to a single.

Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, Wide! Another bumper, too high this time, over middle. Heinrich looks to make contact with the ball and tap it down on the leg side but misses.

Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, Into the deck, on off. Klaasen rises with the bounce and helps the pull to the right of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, Klaasen misses out. Ferguson spots the batter backing away and he follows him with a full ball. The mid off is up inside the circle and Klaasen drills it down the ground but can't pick the gap and hits it straight to mid off.

Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, FIFTY FOR KLAASEN! A stellar run of form this IPL continues for Heinrich. His 12th IPL half-century to go with two hundreds. Another off-pace ball at the sticks, on a nagging length. Klaasen nudges it in the vacant mid-wicket region and comes charging back for the second run.

Lockie Ferguson to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Lockie takes pace off and bowls it on a good length, on off and middle. Reddy hangs back and punches it to long on for a single. 200 UP FOR SUNRISERS HYDERABAD​​​​​​!

Lockie Ferguson will bowl out from the other end now.

Marco Jansen to Heinrich Klaasen, Jansen serves the bumper at the bodyline of the batter, Klaasen gets his hands high and pulls it behind square leg. Arshdeep Singh moves to his left in the deep and mops it up by lobbing the ball towards the converging deep square leg fielder. Two runs taken. End of a rough night for Jansen, conceding 61 runs off his 4 overs.

Marco Jansen to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Keeps it away from the batter's arc, it is the slower, short ball. NKR reaches out and drags it through mid-wicket. They cross.

Marco Jansen to Heinrich Klaasen, Pace taken off and bowled into the surface, over middle. Heinrich pulls it through mid-wicket and crosses over.

Marco Jansen to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! That has gone back a long way. Pitched up by Jansen in line with the leg stump. Klaasen is quick to get the front leg out of the way and he whips it way over deep mid-wicket for half a dozen. 900th six of IPL 2026.

Marco Jansen to Nitish Kumar Reddy, From over the wicket now, dug in short, on off. Reddy drags it with a flat bat to long on for a single.