Cooper Connolly Drops Ishan Kishan Chance in PBKS Vs SRH

cooper connolly dropped Ishan Kishan in the deep during Punjab Kings’ match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, and the batter stayed on after the missed chance. At that point, Kishan was on 9 off 9, giving SRH a useful escape in the first innings.

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium

The drop came in the first innings on 06 May 2026, with Heinrich Klaasen having faced just one delivery when the chance went down. Sunrisers Hyderabad were already 86 after 7 overs, and the missed catch kept another set batter in play with wickets already down.

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer had won the toss and chose to bowl first. He pointed to the surface and the previous meeting at the same venue, saying, “I think the surface looks beautiful. There hasn't been a single piece of grass since the time I've seen it. So based on that, I chose bowling. And also, if you see, the last match we played against SRH over here was on this wicket, and they chased 245. So that also being one reason I chose to bowl first after winning the toss in Hyderabad.”

Shreyas Iyer And PBKS

Iyer also framed the decision around the mood in camp, saying, “We have got amazing learnings from our last couple of games. We got two losses, but still being at the top of the table, it gives us immense motivation to come here and play today. Yes, there haven't been any complaints. People have been putting in hard yards in practice and also off the field. You have to keep yourself up and running all the time, especially with the travelling and also rejuvenation after the match.”

PBKS have already developed a pattern of costly drops this season, and this one arrived in another tight moment. Earlier against Delhi Capitals, Shashank Singh put down KL Rahul early, and Rahul later went on to score a century.

For Kings, the immediate damage was simple: a deep chance was shelled, Kishan survived, and SRH kept batting with momentum after losing Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma before reaching 86 in the seventh over. In a match where the toss pointed PBKS toward bowling first and the fielding slip handed SRH a reprieve, the next phase now rests on whether that missed chance turns into a bigger total for Hyderabad.