Punjab Kings climbed to the second spot in the points table after a thumping 37-run win over Lucknow Super Giants in match 54 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Sunday. (Highlights | Full Coverage | Schedule | Points Table)
Asked to bat first, Punjab Kings lost opener Priyansh Arya in the first over. Josh Inglis was sent at number three and he targeted Mayank Yadav and hit him for a hat-trick of sixes. He made a quick 30 off just 14 balls.
Playing XIs
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh
Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Akash Maharaj Singh, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav
Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Vijaykumar Vyshak
Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Mitchell Marsh
Shreyas Iyer came to bat at number four and added 78 runs for the third wicket with Prabhsimran Singh (91 off 48 balls). Prabhsimran hit six fours and seven sixes in his knock. He missed his second IPL ton by nine runs when Digvesh Rathi dismissed him in the 19th over.
Shashank Singh (33 not out off 15 balls) and Marcus Stoinis (15 not out off five balls) played crucial cameos to take the team's total to 236 runs. Akash Maharaj Singh and Rathi took a couple of wickets each.
In response, LSG opener Mitch Marsh failed to make any runs. Arshdeep Singh dismissed both openers in his second over. He went on to dismiss Nicholas Pooran in his third over to dismantle the LSG top-order single-handedly.
LSG captain Rishabh Pant failed again with the bat and made just 18 runs off 17 balls. Ayush Badoni (74 off 40 balls) and Abdul Samad (45 off 24 balls) kept LSG in the game with regular big shots.
But the target proved to be more than enough for LSG as they could only make 199/7 in 20 overs. PBKS won the match by 37 runs and climbed to second place in the points table.
Arshdeep Singh took three wickets, whereas Azmatullah Omarzai grabbed a couple of wickets for the Kings. Prabhsimran Singh was named Player of the Match for his 91-run knock.
Now, Punjab Kings will host Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala on Thursday, 8 May, and LSG will host RCB on Friday, 9 May, in Lucknow.
