6 fours, 6 sixes and 77 runs! Punjab Kings’ new lion creates havoc in BBL, will replace Glenn Maxwell in IPL 2026

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 21, 2025

First of all, know that this BBL match was played at The Gabba Cricket Stadium in Brisbane, where 22-year-old Cooper Connolly came to the field to bat at number 3 for Perth Scorchers. After this, he created an outcry among the bowlers of Brisbane Heat and scored 77 runs while batting at a strike rate of 208.11. Meanwhile, 6 fours and 6 big sixes were seen from Cooper Connolly’s bat. That means he scored 60 runs in 12 balls only from boundaries.

Know that in the recent IPL auction held in Abu Dhabi, Punjab Kings have bought Cooper Connolly for Rs 3 crore and selected them in their squad. PBKS want to put the responsibility of filling the void of Glenn Maxwell on the shoulders of Cooper Connolly in the upcoming season, that is why Cooper Connolly has been given a place in the Punjab Kings team. Let us tell you that Glenn Maxwell was a part of PBKS till last season, who performed disappointingly in IPL 2025. For this reason, he was released by the team before the auction, after which he decided to leave the upcoming season of IPL.

If we talk about Cooper Connolly, then the Australian legends see him as a future star, which is why Cooper has got the experience of playing all three formats for the country at the age of just 22. He has played 1 Test, 8 ODIs and 6 T20 Internationals for Australia. Apart from this, Cooper Connolly has a total of 37 T20 matches in which he scored 782 runs at an average of 36 and strike rate of 141 and took 13 wickets. In such a situation, it will be very interesting to see whether he proves to be a match winner for Punjab Kings in IPL 2026 or not.

The condition of the match was like this: The sixth match of BBL 2025-26 was a high-scoring game in which Brisbane team won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, Phil Allen (79 runs in 38 balls) and Cooper Connolly (77 runs in 37 balls) scored stormy half-centuries for Perth Scorchers, on the basis of which the team scored 257 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.

Now Brisbane Heat had a mountain-like target of 258 runs which seemed impossible to achieve, but on the field, Jack Wildermuth (110 not out on 54 balls) and Matt Renshaw (102 runs on 51 balls) came with a completely different mindset and intention and both made the impossible possible by scoring centuries. On the basis of these innings, Brisbane Heat team achieved the target of 258 runs in 19.5 overs and won this high scoring game.