PBKS emerged victorious against LSG, triumphing with 37 runs at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala in a match crucial to IPL 2025. Due to their victory, PBKS achieved second position in the points standings, with 15 points from 11 matches.
Prabhsimran Singh Stars with a Blazing 91
.Playing as the opener at the top of PBKS’s batting order Prabhsimran Singh produced a magnificent performance to earn 91 runs from his 48 ball innings with 7 sixes and 6 boundaries. The aggressive nature of his hitting enabled Punjab to achieve a powerful beginning while defeating the LSG team mentally. The match progressed through an 78-run friendship between Shreyas Iyer, who scored 45 runs, while Prabhsimran Singh reached his top score of 91 runs. In the later innings, PBKS received additional beneficial batting contributions from both Nehal Wadhera (16) and Shashank Singh (33) as well as Marcus Stoinis (15), before reaching 236/5 in their 20 overs.
Prabhsimran reached his third consecutive IPL fifty which included Chris Gayle and KL Rahul as the only Punjab opening batsmen to do so in history.
Ayush Badoni Fights Alone for LSG
The Lucknow Super Giants faced an uphill battle when they started their chase against a target of 237 since they lost early wickets and managed limited progress towards the run rate. Ayush Badoni made a fighting contribution of 74 runs from 40 balls even though the rest of the Lucknow Super Giants batsmen provided minimal support. Lucknow Super Giants ended their innings with 199/7 while failing to reach their target by 37 runs in 20 overs. LSG has now lost six matches from their 11 games which puts them at seventh position in the current standings.
Arshdeep and Omarzai Shine with the Ball
Throughout his bowling spell Arshdeep Singh from Punjab secured three wickets while conceding only 16 runs. Azmatullah Omarzai completed an essential role during the game with two wickets while giving up only 33 runs.
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