Cooper Connelly's historic century. (Photo- PTI)
Cooper Connolly Hundred: In the 49th match of IPL 2026, Punjab Kings' young Australian batsman Cooper Connelly achieved a historic achievement. Even though Punjab had to face defeat by 33 runs in this match, he played a fighting innings and scored a century. He achieved the feat of scoring a century for the first time in his T20 career. With this inning, he also made a special record of IPL in his name, which was earlier in the name of Quinton De Kock.
In this bat, a brilliant inning was seen from the bat of Cooper Conley. He scored unbeaten 107 runs on 59 balls. 7 fours and 8 sixes were seen in his innings. He scored runs in this innings at a strike rate of 181.35. Cooper Connelly scored this century at the age of just 22 years and 257 days. With this he became the youngest foreign player to score a century in IPL history. Earlier this record was in the name of Quinton De Kock, who did this feat at the age of 23 years and 122 days.
That special feeling ft. Cooper Connolly🥳
An emphatic way to reach his maiden #TATAIPL hundred 💯
Updates ▶️ https://t.co/8L0gAuxW78#KhelBindaas | #SRHvPBKS pic.twitter.com/rdMmmWQzln
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 6, 2026
🅷🆄🅽🅳🆁🅴🅳
A fine ton from Cooper Connolly waging a lone battle 🫡
10th hundredth of this #TATAIPL season 😊#KhelBindaas | #SRHvPBKS | @PunjabKingsIPL pic.twitter.com/QLYiQRIEoe
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 6, 2026
22-year-old Cooper Connelly has continued his good form in IPL 2026. He is currently the highest run scorer for Punjab this season. He has scored 377 runs in 10 matches at an average of 53.86, which includes 2 half-centuries and 1 century. The special thing is that his strike rate is 171.36, which means he is scoring runs at a fast pace in every match. Earlier, he had also played a strong inning of 87 runs against Lucknow.
