A powerhouse batting from Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly guided Punjab Kings to post a mammoth run target against Lucknow Super Giants at New Chandigarh.

Priyansh Arya (93) and Cooper Connolly (87) have led the Punjab Kings batting lineup, converting into a blitz on Sunday’s clash.

After being invited to bat first, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh opened the innings while Mohammed Shami opened the bowling attack.

Shami picked the wicket of Prabhsimran Singh for a golden duck, and Cooper Connolly joined Arya to trouble LSG bowlers.

The duo amassed a decent score of 63 runs in the power play. However, they went on to carnage mode where Arya smashed a second fifty of the season while Connolly brought his fifty and sent on to smash 87 runs off 46 deliveries before being dismissed by Prince Yadav. His knock included 8 fours and 7 sixes.

The duo made a 182-run partnership for the second wicket as the duo went on to troubled the LSG bowlers.

Meanwhile Arya went on to score 93 runs off 36 deliveries which included four fours and 9 sixes.

Nehal Wadhera did play a small innings contributing 13 runs off 6 deliveries before being dismissed by Maninmaran Siddharth.

In the preulitmate over, Punjab Kings went on to cross 250 run mark posting one of thei highest team score in the IPL history.

Prince Yadav who came to deliver the final over, bagged the wicket of Shashan Singh for 17 runs. By the end of 20 overs, Punjab Kings went on to score a 254 runs for 7 wickets.

Prince Yadav and Manimaran Siddharth bagged two wickets each whle Mohammed Shami and Mohsin Khan bagged 1 wicket each.

Punjab Kings Playing 11: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Lucknow Super Giants Playing 11: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Mohsin Khan.