After Prabhasimran’s banging 91 runs, Arshdeep’s havoc won by Punjab by 37 runs against Lucknow, team closer to playoffs
PBKS vs Lsg Match Highlights: Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 54th match of IPL 2025 played in Dharamsala. Defeated Gints (LSG) by 37 runs to finish second in the table with 15 points.
Batting first, Punjab started poorly when Priyansh Arya was dismissed for just 1 run in the first over. But after this Prabhasimran Singh (91 runs, 48 balls, 6 fours, 7 sixes) and Josh English (30 runs, 14 balls) increased the speed of runs. Shreyas Iyer strengthened the middle order by scoring 45 runs in 25 balls. Shashank Singh (33* runs, 15 balls) and Marcus Stoinis (15 runs, 5 balls) added to the last overs. Especially in the 18th over, 26 runs against Avesh Khan.
Chasing a big target of 237 runs, Lucknow started very poorly. Mitchell Marsh (0 runs) and Aden Markram (13 runs) were shocked by Arshdeep Singh in a single over. Nicholas Puran also could not last long. Captain Rishabh Pant (18 runs) was also dismissed after being released by Ball.
David Miller (11 runs) and Abdul Samad (45 runs) made some efforts, but could not form a big partnership. Ayush Badoni definitely struggled and scored 74 runs off 40 balls, including 5 fours and 5 sixes, but could not win.
Punjab bowling:
- Arshdeep Singh: 3 wickets (4 overs, 16 runs)
- Ajmatullah Omrajai: 2 wickets
- Marco Yansen and Yuzvendra Chahal: 1-1 wickets
- Vijayakumar Vaishakh proved to be the most expensive (3 overs, 49 runs, 0 wickets
Punjab won the match by 37 runs and moved to second place in the pointslet with 15 points. At the same time, Lucknow had to face the 6th defeat of the season. Now Lucknow will have to win all its matches to stay in the playoffs.
