LSG vs PBKS Match Highlights: In the 13th match of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings (PBKS) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 8 wickets at their home ground Ekana Stadium. This is Punjab’s second consecutive win in the current season, while Lucknow suffered its second defeat in the tournament. Batting first, Lucknow scored 171 runs in 20 overs, but Punjab achieved the target in just 16.2 overs and registered a one-sided victory.
LSG vs PBKS: Lucknow could only score 171
After losing the toss and batting first, Lucknow had a bad start. The team was reduced to 35/3 in the powerplay itself. Nicholas Pooran (44) and Ayush Badoni (41) took charge of the innings by sharing 54 runs for the fourth wicket. In the end, Abdul Samad’s quick runs took the score to 171/7. For Punjab, Arshdeep Singh bowled brilliantly with figures of 3/43, while Glenn Maxwell and Yuzvendra Chahal also took important wickets.
Chasing a target of 172 runs, Punjab Kings did not get off to a good start with Priyansh Arya (8) getting out cheaply. But after this Prabhsimran Singh started batting aggressively. He hit a half-century in just 23 balls and scored 69 runs in 34 balls, which included 9 fours and 3 sixes. His innings put the Lucknow bowlers on the backfoot. Prabhsimran was adjudged the Player of the Match.
Captain Shreyas Iyer and Wadhera’s finishing
Captain Shreyas Iyer took charge after Prabhsimran was dismissed. Iyer played an unbeaten innings of 52 runs in 30 balls, which included 3 fours and 4 sixes. This is his second consecutive half-century. In the last match against Gujarat Titans, he scored an unbeaten 97 and has scored 149 runs in two matches so far. Along with him, impact player Nehal Wadhera also hit an unbeaten 43 off 25 balls. Both of them shared an unbeaten 67-run partnership for the third wicket to give Punjab victory in 16.2 overs.
Lucknow’s bowling lackluster
For Lucknow, only Digvesh Rathi was able to make an impact, dismissing Priyansh and Prabhsimran with figures of 2/30. The rest of the bowlers, like Ravi Bishnoi and Shardul Thakur, failed to stop the Punjab batsmen. Rathi also celebrated controversially after dismissing Priyansh, which was discussed on social media.
Jump in the points table
With this win, Punjab Kings secured 4 points in 2 matches and secured the second position in the points table. At the same time, Lucknow slipped to the sixth position with 2 losses in 3 matches. This victory of Punjab is a proof of their all-round performance, in which both batting and bowling showed excellence.
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