LSG vs PBKS Match Prediction: The 13th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 will be played today at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, where hosts Lucknow Super Giants will face Punjab Kings. In this exciting encounter, the captains of both the teams—Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer—will face each other with their respective strategies.
Lucknow Super Giants have played two matches in the tournament so far, winning one and losing one. Nevertheless, the team remains in third place in the points table. On the other hand, Punjab Kings will play their second match today. They defeated Gujarat Titans by 11 runs in their first match and are currently at the fifth position. The match between the two teams is expected to be a close one.
LSG vs PBKS Head-to-Head Record
There have been only four matches between Lucknow and Punjab in IPL history so far. Out of these, Lucknow has won thrice, while Punjab has won only once. Lucknow’s highest score against Punjab has been 257 runs, while the lowest is 159 runs. On the other hand, Lucknow has scored the highest total of 201 and the lowest total of 133 against Punjab. These figures clearly show Lucknow’s dominance.
Pitch Report of Ekana Stadium
The pitch of Ekana Stadium is made of red soil and the size of the ground is also quite large. Here the bowlers are likely to get a little more help than the batsmen. This pitch is not such that teams can easily cross the 200 run mark. Especially the spin bowlers will get turn here, which can create problems for the middle order batsmen. In such a situation, scoring runs quickly in the powerplay and playing cautiously in the middle overs will be part of the strategy of both the teams.
LSG vs PBKS: Probable Playing-11
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (c & wicketkeeper), Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Shamar Joseph, Digvesh Rathi.
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
