Cooper Connolly

Punjab Kings · slow left arm orthodox · left-hand bat · All-rounder

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13
Matches
491
Runs
163.1
Strike Rate
44.6
Average
32
Sixes
2
Fifties
107*
HS
1
POTM

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

≥30 balls batting · ≥15 balls bowling✓ ClaimReview per phaseFull breakdown →
Powerplay (1–6)
134.3
SR · 102 balls · 137 R
137 runs18 4s7 6s
Middle (7–15)
160
SR · 160 balls · 256 R
256 runs16 4s18 6s
Death (16–20)
254.1
SR · 37 balls · 94 R
94 runs8 4s7 6s

Cooper Connolly's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 254 (+35 vs venue par) when he made 87 vs LSG on 2026-04-19.

Per Himanish Ganjoo's Impact framing: team-total minus venue's 1st-innings par across ≥3 captured fixtures. Attribution rule: a batter is credited for an innings only when they scored ≥30 runs. Methodology: /methodology/player-event-claims#impact.

MetricIPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)
Value+35 vs par
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

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P3Form & phase

5 claims
Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026
IPL 2026 best opponent (batting)
Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026
134.3n=102 PP balls faced · IPL 2026
Death-overs batting strike rate in IPL 2026
254.1n=37 death-overs balls faced · IPL 2026

P4Season comparatives

4 claims
Punjab Kings appearance rank, IPL 2026
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
163.1n=301 balls faced · IPL 2026
Runs scored in IPL 2026
491n=13 innings · IPL 2026
Sixes hit in IPL 2026
32n=13 innings · IPL 2026

P2Moments

4 claims
IPL 2026 Player of the Match awards
IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership
Half-centuries in IPL 2026
2n=13 innings · IPL 2026
Centuries in IPL 2026
1n=13 innings · IPL 2026

P1Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
IPL 2026 first appearance

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 2026131348744.6162.912107*
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-07-30 07:22:01 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

Recent form — last 8 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-05-23LSG vs PBKS1810180.040bowledW
2026-05-17PBKS vs RCB3722168.233caughtL
2026-05-14PBKS vs MI212295.521bowledL
2026-05-11PBKS vs DC3827140.732caughtL
2026-05-06SRH vs PBKS107*59181.478Not outL
2026-05-03GT vs PBKS010.000caughtL
2026-04-28PBKS vs RR3014214.323caughtL
2026-04-25DC vs PBKS1710170.011bowledW

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3
PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#3 top order12453274165.345.30
#4 middle13827140.738.00

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3
8
73%
Caught
3
27%
Bowled

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
SRH211871166.2118.088107*
LSG210556187.552.512787
GT27245160.072.05572*
DC25537148.627.54338
MI23834111.819.03321
RCB13722168.237.03337
CSK13622163.636.06036
RR13014214.330.02330

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

As batter

vs bowlerBallsRunsSR4s6sOut
Mohammed Shami1734200.0520
Shivang Kumar1623143.8210
Prince Yadav1520133.3400
Eshan Malinga1526173.3220
Rashid Khan1222183.3120
Sakib Hussain1217141.7200
Pat Cummins1121190.9120
Harsh Dubey1026260.0130
Kagiso Rabada919211.1120
Mohsin Khan9666.7100
Mitchell Starc913144.4110
Washington Sundar88100.0100

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor
vs Pace
151.9
SR of 151.9 vs pace bowling — 181 balls faced
181 balls·15 6s
vs Spin
184.2
SR of 184.2 vs spin bowling — 101 balls faced
101 balls·14 6s

Full breakdown at /players/cooper-connolly/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Research mentioning Cooper

IPL 2026
Orange cap — most runs — IPL 2026

Cooper ranks #15 with 491 (301 balls faced).

2026-07-25
IPL 2026
Most sixes — IPL 2026

Cooper ranks #9 with 32 (301 balls faced).

2026-07-25
IPL 2026
Highest individual scores — IPL 2026

Cooper ranks #7 with 107 (301 balls faced).

2026-07-25
IPL 2026
Highest death-overs strike rates — IPL 2026

Cooper ranks #2 with 254.1 (37 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20)).

2026-07-25
IPL 2026
Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for
Punjab Kings
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
Mohammed Shami · 34 ballsShivang Kumar · 32 ballsEshan Malinga · 30 ballsPrince Yadav · 30 ballsSakib Hussain · 24 ballsRashid Khan · 24 ballsPat Cummins · 22 ballsHarsh Dubey · 20 balls
Venues played at
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur · 4 matchesHimachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium · 3 matchesMA Chidambaram Stadium · 1 matchWankhede Stadium · 1 matchArun Jaitley Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Cooper Connolly is an Indian cricketer playing for Punjab Kings in IPL 2026 as a all-rounder (slow left arm orthodox), left-handed batter.
Cooper Connolly plays for Punjab Kings in IPL 2026.
Cooper Connolly appeared in 13 IPL 2026 matches (13-fixture sample) for Punjab Kings, most recently on 2026-05-23.
Cooper Connolly's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 254 (+35 vs venue par) when he made 87 vs LSG on 2026-04-19.
Cooper Connolly bowls slow left arm orthodox.
Cooper Connolly's top opponent (batting) in IPL 2026: SRH — 118 runs in 2 innings (avg 59.0).
Cooper Connolly scores at 134.3 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (102-ball sample, #33 of 45 qualifying batters).
Cooper Connolly won Player of the Match in IPL 2026 — most recently vs GT on 2026-03-31.
Cooper Connolly ranks #2 of 22 CricketStudio-tracked Punjab Kings squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (13 matches).
Cooper Connolly is Indian.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Cooper Connolly are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/cooper-connolly — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Cooper Connolly was born on 22 August 2003.
Cooper Connolly bats left-handed.
Cooper Connolly death-overs strike rate 254.1 in IPL 2026 (37 balls).

Identity & cross-references