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Punjab Kings powered their way to the second spot in the points table as they outclassed Lucknow Super Giants by 37 runs in a Tata IPL 2025 encounter.
Put into bat LSG Skipper Rishabh Pant , Punjab Kings made the LSG Skipper pay dearly for the move by posting a massive total. The kings lost Priyansh Arya early for 1. Josh Inglis promoted up the order scored 30 ( 14 balls, 1 four, 4 sixes) . Punjab Skipper Shreyas Iyer 45 ( 25 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes) kept the momentum going.
However it was the Prabhsimran Singh onslaught that dashed out the LSG hopes of a win. Prabhsimran was at his attacking best and his knock was the game changer – a superb 91 ( 48 balls, 6 fours, 7 sixes). LSG bowlers were left clueless. Nehal Wadhera was dismissed for 16.
Shashank Singh 33 ( 15 balls , 4 fours, 1 six) not out and Marcus Stoinis not out 15 ( 5 balls, 1 four, 1 six) saw PUnjab Kings poist a mammoth 236/5 in their 20 overs
LSG Bowling : Akash Singh 2/ 30 ( 4 overs) , Mayank Yadav 0/ 60 ( 4 overs) , Avesh Khan 0/ 57 ( 4 overs), Digvesh Rathi 2/ 46 ( 4 overs) , Prince Yadav 1/ 43 ( 4 overs)
In reply LSG were rocked early with loss of their three top, guns – Aiden Markram ( 13), Mitchell Marsh ( 0) and Nicholas Pooran ( 6) . All three fell to the wily Arshdeep Singh in power play. Arshdeep’s three burst stunned LSG and they could not recover.
LSG Skipper Rishabh Pant’s horror form only fifty till now continued as he was dismissed cheaply for just 18. Rs 27 crore price tag has become burden on his shoulders. David Miller ( 11). LSG innings were in tatters.
But thanks to Ayush Badoni 74 ( 40 balls, 5 fours, 5 sixes) and Abdul Samad 45 ( 24 balls, 2 fours, 4 sixes) LSG bounced back to stay in the hunt . But their efforts however went in vain. AS LSG could manage only 199/ 7 in their 20 overs. Avesh Khan not out 19 and Prince Yadav remained not out 1.
Punjab Kings Bowling : Arshdeep Singh outstanding 3/ 16 ( 4 overs) , Marco Jansen 1/ 31 ( 4 overs), Azmatullah Omarzai 2/ 33 ( 4 overs) , Yuzvendra Chahal 1 / 50 ( 4 overs) , Vijaykumar Vyshak 0/ 49 ( 3 overs) , Marcus Stoinis 0/ 17 ( 1 over)
While Punjab Strengthened its play- offs spot . LSG now stares at elimination and a season to forget
Match: IPL 2025, 54th Match
Venue: Dharamsala | Date: May 04, 2025
