Cooper Connolly during his innings against Gujarat Titans on Tuesday (Pic: X/@PunjabKingsIPL)
In the IPL 2026 match against Gujarat Titans (GT), Punjab Kings' (PBKS) Cooper Connolly delivered a match-winning knock of an unbeaten 72 runs off just 44 deliveries. His knock was laced with five boundaries and the same number of maximums (Pic: X/@PunjabKingsIPL)
With this, he registered his name as the fifth-highest individual scorer on an IPL debut (Pic: X/@PunjabKingsIPL)
Leading the list is Brendon McCullum, who smashed an unbeaten 158 for Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore (now Bengaluru). He is followed by Michael Hussey, who made an unbeaten 116 for Chennai Super Kings against Kings XI Punjab (now PBKS), and Shaun Marsh, who remained unbeaten on 84 for KXIP against Deccan Chargers. Notably, all these knocks came in 2008 (Pic: File Pic)
Among more recent debutants, Kyle Mayers notched up 73 for Lucknow Super Giants against Delhi Capitals in 2023 (Pic: File Pic)
Riding on Connolly's prolific knock, the Kings registered a victory by three wickets against the Titans at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh (Pic: X/@PunjabKingsIPL)
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