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

Jansen took a fair bit of tap in that over. Looks like a pretty flat deck. Arshdeep Singh to continue. 1-0-11-0 so far.

Arshdeep Singh to Travis Head, A big swing and a miss! Angled in, on a back of a length, on middle. Head has a heave across the line but misses. The bounce takes the ball over the sticks.

Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Cooper Connolly should have done better there. Into the strip, over off. Abhishek Sharma stands tall and has a hack across the line. Ends up snatching at it and it goes off the inner half through square leg. Connolly sprints to his right from deep backward square leg and looks to push the ball away from the fence with his right hand. The ball clips his fingertips and trickles behind into the fence. Jansen goes for 21 runs in his first over.

Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, Jansen drags the length back and tightens his line. This is angled into the left-hander, on middle. Abhishek swivels for the pull but is beaten as the ball goes under the bat and catches him on the midriff.

Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Have some of that, says Abhishek! Jansen delivers the knuckleball on a length, just outside the off stump. Sharma gets the ball in his wheelhouse and he does not miss out. Thumps it back towards the sight screen for half a dozen more.

Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Not in complete control but they all count. A well-directed short ball, at the right shoulder. Abhishek gets his hands high to hook it away, but the ball gets big on him. It goes off the top edge but fine of the man at deep fine leg for a four.

Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! High and handsome! A bit fuller than the previous ball, around off, Abhishek Sharma is allowed to free his arms, and with a clean swing of the arms, he goes down the ground. Tonks it over mid off for a biggie.

Marco Jansen to Travis Head, Starts well, does Jansen. Hits the back of a length, over off. Travis hangs back to deal with it. A bit of nip back into the left-hander. Head ekes out an inside edge and it goes behind on the leg side for a single.

Decent start for the Sunrisers. There was some swing on offer for Arshdeep as well. Marco Jansen to operate from the opposite end.

Arshdeep Singh to Abhishek Sharma, Very full and this moves away in the air. Abhishek jams it out past cover and it goes to the left of the man at deep point for a couple of runs. A positive start for SRH, 11 runs off the first over.

Arshdeep Singh to Travis Head, In the channel, bowled on a good length. Travis stays leg side and punches it to deep point. He is off the mark with a single.

Arshdeep Singh to Travis Head, Wide! Sprayed down leg, on a good length. Head lets it be.

Arshdeep Singh to Abhishek Sharma, Oh, a hasty single! A low full toss now, shaping away from off. Abhishek pushes it to mid off and is off for a quick single. The fielder has a shy at the bowling end, but misses, and Sharma scoots through to complete the single.

Arshdeep Singh to Abhishek Sharma, Outswing, full and around off, Abhishek plays off the front foot and drives it to the cover fielder.

Arshdeep Singh to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Abhishek Sharma and SRH are up and running. Shaping away, on a length, on off. Abhishek extends his hands into the lofted hit and presents a high elbow to go inside out over cover for the first six of the night.

Arshdeep Singh to Abhishek Sharma, Watchfully kept out. Floated up first up by Arshdeep, on off. A little bit of away curve, Abhishek brings his bat down and squeezes it out to cover.

Ready to rock and roll in Hyderabad. Two of the most prolific six-hitting teams on the menu. It's a sea of orange in support of the home team with a sprinkling of red jerseys here and there. Out walk the two umpires. Shreyas Iyer has his troops in a huddle before they take their respective fielding positions. A huge cheer goes up at Uppal as Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma walk out to the crease to open for SRH. Arshdeep Singh has the new ball in hand and is raring to go. Abhishek to take the strike. There's a slip in place as well. Here we go...

Impact sub options for PBKS - Priyansh Arya, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod and Musheer Khan.

Punjab Kings (Playing XI) - Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shashank Singh (In for Nehal Wadhera), Suryansh Shedge, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson (In for Xavier Bartlett), Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact sub options for SRH - Aniket Verma, Praful Hinge, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey and Harshal Patel.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI) - Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (WK), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Ravichandran Smaran, Nitish Kumar Reddy (In for Aniket Verma), Pat Cummins (C), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga and Sakib Hussain.

Positive mood in the camp - The skipper of the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Pat Cummins says they would have bowled first as well, but is quick to highlight that they have been winning games batting first, so they are not much worried or upset about the toss result. Pat says it has been a really good campaign, underlining that it wasn't their day in the last game, but also points out that they had won five on the trot before that. He describes that the atmosphere in the group is really positive and says they don't need to look too far back. On the crowd, Cummins says they have been awesome over the last few years and that they love to see great cricket, with him hoping to bring more of that tonight. About the surface, Cummins admits he can't read pitches but notes that they all seem to be pretty high-scoring here. He reckons that it may slow up a bit in the second innings, which he sees as a positive when bowling second. On the team combination, Cummins informs that Nitish Kumar Reddy is back from illness, and he comes in for Aniket Verma.

Being at the top gives them confidence - The captain of the Punjab Kings, Shreyas Iyer says that they will bowl first. He adds that they have gained amazing learnings from their previous game, and being at the top of the table gives them a good feeling to come and play. He says that they are professional, they can't complain, and they will always give their best. Iyer reckons the surface is good, and they will try to see how it behaves and look to chase the target. He ends by saying that Shashank Singh and Lockie Ferguson are back in the side.