New Delhi: Punjab Kings have become the first team to remain undfeated in the first six game of an IPL edition and much credit for it goes to skipper Shreyas Iyer, said Cooper Connolly.

Connolly cracked 87 off 46 balls and shared a 182-run stand for the second wicket with opener Priyansh Arya (93 off 37 balls) to help Punjab rout Lucknow Super Giants by 54 runs on Sunday.

Punjab posted 254 for 7, the highest total in this edition of the IPL and then restricted LSG to 200 for five in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh.

“We all have discussions about what works for each other, and we take little things out of each other’s books. We’ve enjoyed sort of taking little notes off each other,” said Connolly about his side’s five-match winning run in the league so far,” he said.

“We’re all looking to try and get better, that’s what the game’s about, be the best team there is, and we’re looking forward to plenty more notes and messages from each other to get better as a group and a squad, and not my game.”

‘Enjoy watching Arya’

Punjab tightened their grip at the top of the standings with 11 points, having only dropped a point due to a washout against KKR in Kolkata and Connolly said he is enjoying his stint under Iyer.

“Yeah, he (Shreyas) just leads by example, he’s always making his group feel comfortable around him, and he’s always about just trying to get better and encouraging people and just making sure we do it with a smile on our face,” the Australian said.

“Priyansh and Prabhsimran sort of go about their sort of business the way they do, and Priyansh has done it over the last couple of years and been successful at it.

“I was at the other end just in awe a little bit there, because I couldn’t get off strike, but yeah, just enjoying watching him bat.

“I think the game doesn’t change too much when you’re batting first, you’re just trying to play good cricket shots, put the pressure on the bowing attack, and take advantage of the loose balls, and I think we did that tonight.”