LSG vs PBKS / Punjab's second consecutive win - defeated Lucknow by 8 wickets

LSG vs PBKS: Punjab Kings continued their winning streak in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 and registered their second consecutive win by defeating Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets. In this match played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday, Punjab achieved the target of 172 runs in just 16.2 overs. With this win, Punjab Kings reached the second position in the points table with four points.

Brief description of the match

Lucknow Super Giants batted first and scored 171 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Punjab Kings won the match by scoring 177 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 16.2 overs. Shreyas Iyer remained unbeaten on 52 runs and Nehal Wadhera on 43 runs for the team. At the same time, opener Prabhsimran Singh played a brilliant innings of 69 runs off 34 balls.

Strong performance of Punjab Kings

Chasing the target, Punjab got the first blow at the score of 26, when Digvesh Rathi got Priyansh Arya caught by Shardul Thakur. Arya could score only 8 runs. After this, Prabhsimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer made a great partnership and added 84 runs in 44 balls. During this, Prabhsimran completed his half-century in just 23 balls and was dismissed after scoring 69 runs in 44 balls.

After this, captain Shreyas Iyer got the support of Nehal Vadhera and together they made an unbeaten partnership of 67 runs in 37 balls, which helped the team to get an easy win. Shreyas scored a half-century for the second consecutive match while Nehal remained unbeaten after scoring 43 runs.

Lucknow Super Giants' innings

Lucknow's team, who came to bat first, had a slow start. Nicholas Pooran scored the highest 44 runs for the team, while Ayush Badoni played an important innings of 41 runs. Aiden Markram scored 28, Abdul Samad scored 27 and David Miller scored 19 runs. However, Mitchell Marsh and Avesh Khan returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs.

Impressive performance of Punjab bowlers

Punjab Kings' bowlers played an important role in their victory. Arshdeep Singh bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets in 4 overs. Apart from this, Lockie Ferguson, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen and Yuzvendra Chahal also controlled Lucknow's innings by taking 1-1 wickets.

Punjab's strong position in the points table

With this win, Punjab Kings have moved to second place in the points table with 4 points. The team's performance has been excellent so far this season and they are taking strong steps towards making it to the playoffs.

Way forward

The Punjab Kings team will try to maintain its rhythm and perform well in the next matches as well. Both the batsmen and bowlers of the team are in great form, due to which Punjab Kings are emerging as a strong contender this season.