Lucknow : Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 8 Wickets at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium, Lucknow and recorded 2 wins in 2 matches in IPL 2025.
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PBKS bowling first took 3 LSG wickets – Mitchell Marsh (0), Aiden Markram (28) & skipper Rishabh Pant (2) within powerplay on 35 runs.
Nicholas Pooran (44) & Ayush Badoni (41) notched up vital 54 runs partnership to ease pressure. LSG innings ended with Abdul Samad (27) cameo that brought their score to 171-7 (20).
Arshdeep Singh picked 3 wickets for PBKS.
Chasing 172 runs, PBKS lost Priyansh Arya (8) early on 26 runs. However, after this, PBKS didn’t look back.
Prabhsimran Singh (69) & skipper Shreyas Iyer (52*) notched 84 runs partnership. Even after Prabhsimran’s dismissal on 110, Iyer smashed another match winning 67 runs partnership with Nehal Wadhera (43*).
Eventually, the PBKS skipper finished the match with 6, also reaching his half century in style.
Prabhsimran was adjourned man of the match for his heroic knock of 69 (34) that included 3 sixes and 9 boundaries.
Brief Scorecard :
1st Innings :
LSG : 171-7 (20)
Nicholas Pooran : 44 (30)
PBKS :
Arshdeep Singh : 4-43-3
2nd Innings :
PBKS : 177-2 (16.2)
Prabhsimran Singh : 69 (34)
Shreyas Iyer : 52* (30)
LSG :
Digvesh Singh Rathi : 4-30-2
Result : PBKS won by 8 Wickets.
