PBKS Vs LSG - Rishabh Pant's continued failure; Punjab Kings demolished Lucknow Super Giants at home: Punjab Kings demolished Lucknow Super Giants at home - IPL 2025 - This season's most expensive player, Rishabh Pant, continued his poor performance in the 3rd consecutive match as Lucknow Super Giants suffered their second defeat this time. Meanwhile, another expensive player, Shreyas Iyer, has been in excellent form and has managed to bring the team its second consecutive win. Not only that, the team has now climbed to 2nd place in the IPL points table.
Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets on the strength of Arshdeep Singh's lethal bowling and captain Prabhusimran Singh's explosive batting. With 2 consecutive wins, they have climbed to 2nd place in the points table with 4 points. Meanwhile, the Lucknow team, which was in high spirits after winning against the strong Sunrisers Hyderabad team, suffered its second defeat of the season.
Batting first, Lucknow Super Kings scored 171 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs in the match played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday. In response, Punjab Kings won with 22 balls to spare.
Punjab's Priyansh Arya was bowled by young spinner Digvesh Singh Rathi in the 3rd over, but Prabhasimran Singh and captain Shreyas Iyer put on a vital 84-run partnership for the 2nd wicket. This was the turning point of the match. When the team's total was 110, Lucknow bowler Digvesh himself took the wicket of Prabhasimran Singh (69), but it was of no use.
Shreyas's lead role
Shreyas Iyer, who was already set at the crease, joined hands with Nehal Wadhera to score the runs needed for the win. Thus, Lucknow did not get a chance to come back into the match at any stage. Except for Digvesh Rathi, no other bowler managed to take a wicket.
Earlier, Lucknow Super Giants, who had elected to bat after the toss, were shocked by Arshdeep Singh in the 4th ball of the first over. He managed to get Mitchell Marsh, who had not yet opened his account, caught by Marco Jansen. Another good opener, Aiden Markram (28), was clean bowled by Lockie Ferguson. In the next over, Rishabh Pant also conceded a wicket to Maxwell, putting Lucknow in trouble. Nicholas Pooran (44), Ayush Badoni (41) and Abdul Samad (27) scored quick runs to help Lucknow post a challenging total. For Punjab, pacer Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets for 43 runs. Lockie Ferguson, Glenn Maxwell and Marco Jansen took one wicket each.
Brief Scores
Lucknow Super Giants: 171/7 in 20 overs, Nicholas Pooran - 44, Ayush Badoni - 41, Aiden Markram - 28, Arshdeep Singh - 3 for 43
Punjab Kings: 177/2 in 16.2 overs, Prabhsimran Singh - 69, Shreyas Iyer - 52 not out, Nehal Wadhera - 43 not out, Digvesh Singh - 2 for 30
