New Chandigarh, April 19: In the 29th match of IPL 2026, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) faced off against Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Sunday. The match took place at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, where LSG’s Aiden Markram recorded an embarrassing milestone.
Markram became the bowler with the most expensive over in LSG’s history. In the 13th over of PBKS’s innings, he conceded 32 runs during his first over of the spell. In this over, PBKS batsmen Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly hit a total of five sixes. The previous unwanted record was held by Ravi Bishnoi, who gave away 27 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2022 eliminator match.
Cooper Connolly and Priyansh Arya showcased impressive batting, forming a remarkable partnership of 182 runs for the second wicket off just 80 balls. This marks only the third time in IPL history that a pair from Punjab Kings has scored over 150 runs in a partnership. Previously, KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal had a partnership of 183 runs in 2020.
In 2011, Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh combined for an impressive 206 runs. Connolly played a stellar innings, scoring 87 runs off 46 balls, which included eight fours and seven towering sixes. Meanwhile, Priyansh faced just 37 balls to score a remarkable 93 runs, hitting four fours and nine sixes.
However, in this match, the in-form Prabhsimran Singh could not make an impact with the bat and returned to the pavilion without scoring. Mohammad Shami took his wicket. Captain Shreyas Iyer also managed only five runs. Nehal Wadhera scored 13 runs off seven balls before being caught by Nicholas Pooran off M Siddharth’s bowling.
For this match, Punjab Kings made no changes to their playing eleven, while LSG included M Siddharth in place of Digvijay Rathi.
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