4th Match

B0$ Punjab Kings start their campaign with a win at their home ground. Priyansh Arya got off the mark with a maximum but Rabada nipped him out with a pacy short ball. Cooper Connolly walked in to join Prabhsimran Singh and the pair batted aggressively. It started with an assault against Rabada where they smashed three sixes in an over and boundaries kept coming at regular intervals. Rashid ended the 76-run partnership when Prabhsimran holed out. Connolly, on IPL debut, meanwhile carried on. Some of his sixes looked effortless.

Washington Sundar to Cooper Connolly, B0$, B1$ On IPL debut, the 22-year-old Australian has played a fantastic knock to take his team home. A non-turning flat length ball on the stumps, Connolly backs away and opens the bat-face to force it through the covers. He's timed the ball beautifully throughout the innings and he caps off the same way. The ball reaches the fence and B2$

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Just 2 runs needed off the final over. The well-set Connolly is on strike and it's going to be a spinner to bowl..

Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, yorker length, jammed down to long-on for a single. B0$

Prasidh Krishna to Xavier Bartlett, 1 run, short outside off, Bartlett pulls it to deep midwicket who takes it on the bounce

Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, low full toss, pushed towards cover for a single

Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, B0$, round the wicket, short ball on leg-stump line, pace off as well. Connolly swivels to pull and gets enough wood to clear short fine leg

Prasidh Krishna to Xavier Bartlett, 1 run, fuller length, Bartlett push-drives to the right of extra cover and a diving Rabada can't stop it cleanly. The batters take the single

Gill has his hands on hips as he has a word with Prasidh. A slight hold-up in play as the ball is being replaced

Prasidh Krishna to Xavier Bartlett, B0$, is that the killer blow? 137.4kph, hard length from Prasidh, Bartlett backs away and slams it over deep midwicket with a pull shot. Just 10 needed now

B0$ par score after 18 overs at the fall of the 7th wicket is 144 runs

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Ashok Sharma to Xavier Bartlett, 1 run, fullish ball on middle-leg, turned through square leg for a single. Just 5 runs off the over and Jansen's wicket

Ashok Sharma to Xavier Bartlett, 2 runs, B0$, full on off, Bartlett blunts it to midwicket and the batters decide to come back for the second. It's Connolly who is running to the danger end and he's in. Excellent running

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Ashok Sharma to Marco Jansen, B0$ Caught by Shubman Gill!! B1$ 108.9kph, slower ball off the back of the hand outside off. A backing away batter reaches for it and is early into his shot as he looks to slap it with an angled blade. It's off the lower part of the bat and Gill moves to his right at extra cover to take the catch. There's still life in this match. B2$

Ashok Sharma to Marco Jansen, B0$ Caught!!

Ashok Sharma to Marco Jansen, no run, 141.8kph, length ball just outside off, pushed back to the bowler

Ashok Sharma to Marco Jansen, B0$, slower ball attempted but the line is too wide outside off

Ashok Sharma to Marco Jansen, no run, over the wicket to the right-hander. 137.9kph, short of length outside off, skids off the deck, Jansen slashes and misses

Ashok Sharma to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, 111.1kph, round the wicket, pace off ball on a short of length, Connolly shapes to flat-bat it and miscues. The ball falls well short of long-off

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Prasidh Krishna to Marco Jansen, no run, Prasidh Krishna sees the batter back away and bowls a pace-off delivery outside off. No shot offered by the batter and that's been wided. Gill is quick to review. B0$ says KN Anantha Padmanabhan and asks umpire Akshay Totre to reverse his decision. It's a dot!

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Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, pacy full ball angling in towards the pad, Connolly flicks and inside-edges onto his back pad

Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, no run, 138.9kph, full delivery angling in, Connolly flicks and gets a leading edge that goes to extra cover on the bounce

Prasidh Krishna to Marco Jansen, 1 run, full delivery, Jansen moves leg-side, bends his back leg and drives hard along the ground to long-off

Prasidh Krishna to Marco Jansen, B0$, slower ball flirting with the tramline outside off and Jansen shoulders arms

Prasidh Krishna to Marco Jansen, B0$, clubbed! 134.6kph, in-angling shortish ball, Jansen clears his front leg to slam it over wide long-on for an 82m six. Sat up nicely and he swung hard

Prasidh Krishna to Marco Jansen, no run, back of a length delivery, Jansen defends

Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, B0$, superb batting from Connolly. He takes on this short delivery from Rabada and makes excellent contact. Stands tall, fetches it from outside off and middles the pull shot to send it over deep square leg. Pressure-releasing over from Punjab's point of view

Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, no run, 119.8kph, slower ball bouncer, head-high, Connolly crouches and sways away from it. Looks at the square-leg umpire but that's not a wide

Kagiso Rabada to Marco Jansen, 1 run, 143.6kph, short of length, Jansen makes room to punch it to deep point

B0$ is the 25th batter to score a 50-plus on IPL debut

Kagiso Rabada to Marco Jansen, no run, pitched up delivery, driven firmly by Jansen who stays leg-side of the ball but straight to mid-off

Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, forces this length ball through the covers for a single

Kagiso Rabada to Cooper Connolly, B0$, B1$ 141.8kph, width on offer, quick hands from the left-hander as he cuts it behind square on the off-side. The ball bullets away to the fence. It's been a classy knock from the young Australian

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Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, 1 run, 138.2kph, length ball angling in towards off and Connolly forces it to sweeper cover

Prasidh Krishna to Cooper Connolly, B0$, slower ball bouncer, Connolly lets it pass as it's above his head

Prasidh Krishna to Marco Jansen, 1 run, width on offer, chopped to sweeper cover

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Prasidh Krishna to Marcus Stoinis, B0$ Caught by Rashid Khan!! Marcus Stoinis departs for a duck! Six down now. Short outside off and Stoinis gives catching practice to Rashid at third man. Some nervy faces in the PBKS camp. Stoinis makes decent contact as he elevates it over the vacant slip cordon but he picked the fielder in the deep to perfection. Third wicket for Prasidh. Punjab will be under a bit of pressure now. B1$

Prasidh Krishna to Marcus Stoinis, B0$ Caught!!

Prasidh Krishna to Marcus Stoinis, no run, full on middle, defensively pushed to cover

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B0$ Punjab Kings have slipped from 110/2 to 118/5. Debutant Connolly is still out in the middle and with the asking under 8, it's still PBKS who have their nose ahead.

Prasidh Krishna to Shashank Singh, B0$ Caught by Jos Buttler!! Edged and gone! GT are very much alive in this game. 136.9kph, extra bounce from a short of length outside off, Shashank tries to steer it to third man and only manages to nick it to the keeper. B1$

Prasidh Krishna to Shashank Singh, B0$ Caught!!