22-year-old Cooper Conley played match-winning innings for Punjab Kings, defeating Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets.
Punjab Kings have started with a win in IPL 2026. In the match played in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets. for punjab kings 22-year-old player Cooper Conley scored the most runs in his debut match and returned unbeaten after making the team win. Cooper Conley played a match-winning inning of 72 runs in 44 balls. Punjab Kings achieved the target of 163 runs given by Gujarat Titans by losing 7 wickets in 19.1 overs.
Punjab Kings had a bad start
Punjab Kings had a bad start to chase the target of 163 runs given by Gujarat Titans. On the score of 7 runs, Punjab Kings got the first blow in the form of Priyansh Arya who came to play as an impact player. Priyansh was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada on the score of 7 runs. After this, Rashid Khan has given a second blow to Punjab Kings. He has sent Prabhsimran Singh to the pavilion. Prabhsimran Singh Was out after scoring 37 runs on 24 balls.
Shreyas Iyer was out cheaply
Punjab Kings got the third blow in the form of Shreyas Iyer. Famous Krishna has introduced Shreyas Iyer. Iyer was out after scoring 18 runs on 11 balls. Then Nihal Vadora was shown the way to the pavilion by Washington Sundar on the score of 3 runs. After this, Prasidh Krishna gave 2 blows to Punjab Kings in the 15th over. On the second ball of this over, he dismissed Shashank Singh on the score of 4 runs. Then he made Marcus Stoinis his victim on the fourth ball. Stoinis could not even open the account.
Cooper Conley played match winning innings for Punjab Kings
After this, Punjab got the 7th blow on the score of 144 runs. Ashok Sharma has sent to Yansen Pavilion. Yansen was out after scoring 9 runs, after which it seemed that Punjab Kings were stuck and the match could be out of their hands, but at the other end, 22-year-old player Cooper Conley remained strong. He played for Punjab Kings Scored the most runs and returned unbeaten after winning. Cooper Conley played an unbeaten inning of 72 runs on 44 balls. During this, 5 fours and 5 sixes came from his bat. Xavier Bartlett also contributed 11 runs on 5 balls.
Krishna, famous for Gujarat Titans, took 3 wickets. Whereas Kagiso Rabada, Ashok Sharma, Washington Sundar and Rashid Khan got one success each.
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Gujarat Titans’ batting was like this
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. After which, batting first, Gujarat Titans scored 163 runs for 6 wickets. Captain Shubhman Gill scored 39 runs and Jos Buttler scored 38 runs. Whereas Glenn Phillips contributed 28 runs and Washington Sundar contributed 16 runs. Vaishak Vijaykumar took maximum 3 wickets for Punjab Kings. While Yuzvendra Chahal got 2 wickets. Marco Yansen got a success there.
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