Cooper Connolly and Priyansh Arya Make History against LSG: In the 29th match of IPL 2026 played in Mullanpur, the Punjab Kings batsmen made such a blast, which changed the course of the entire match. The explosive innings of Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly thrashed the bowlers of Lucknow Super Giants and took the team to a big score. Punjab achieved a historic feat in this match by scoring more than 250 runs and became the first team to do so against Lucknow.

Explosive partnership between Priyansh and Cooper

Punjab Kings had a very aggressive start. Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly made an explosive partnership of 182 runs in just 80 balls for the second wicket. Both the batsmen maintained constant pressure on the Lucknow bowlers. Priyansh played a stormy innings of 93 runs in 37 balls, while Cooper Connolly scored 87 runs in 46 balls. Together they hit 16 sixes and 12 fours and made almost the entire match one-sided. However, both the players fell short of their century.

Stoinis’ finish and huge score of 254

At the end of the innings, Marcus Stoinis batted brilliantly and gave a strong finish to the team. He scored 29 runs in 16 balls, which included 2 fours and 2 sixes. Nehal Vadhera and Shashank Singh also made useful contributions. With this, Punjab Kings scored 254 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. This score not only became the highest score against Lucknow but also proved to be the highest team score of IPL 2026 so far. Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore had scored 250 runs against Chennai Super Kings.

A flurry of records, Punjab’s second biggest score in history

This score of 254/7 was for Punjab Kings. Second highest score in IPL history Is. Earlier, the team had scored 262/2 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024. This innings once again proved that the batting order of Punjab Kings is in very dangerous form this season.

Highest scores against LSG in IPL

• 254/7 – Punjab Kings, 2026


• 236/5 – Punjab Kings, 2025


• 235/6 – Kolkata Knight Riders, 2024


• 234/7 – Kolkata Knight Riders, 2025


• 230/4 – Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2025