PBKS vs LSG: Punjab Kings face Lucknow Super Giants, know who has the upper hand in the head to head

Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants: The 29th match of IPL 2026 will be played between Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants (PBKS vs LSG). This match will be played at PCA New Cricket Stadium. Punjab Kings team will try to maintain the winning streak. The Lucknow team would like to return to the winning track. However, Pant’s injury can become a problem for Lucknow.

Punjab Kings is the only team this season which has not lost any match so far. This team has won 4 out of 5 matches, while one match remained inconclusive due to rain. This team is captained by Shreyas Iyer, who has been particularly good at run chasing, as evidenced by his excellent net run rate (+1.067).

Excellent performance of Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings’ batting unit has always performed well under pressure, which has helped them win 9 of their last 11 matches while chasing since the 2025 season. This trend continued in their recent win over Mumbai Indians. Lucknow Super Giants will have to work hard to stop their advance.

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LSG, on the other hand, is struggling at the moment. This team has lost 2 out of 5 matches. After starting with a defeat against Delhi Capitals, LSG had won two consecutive matches against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders. After this he had to lose two consecutive matches.

head to head record

IPL Lucknow Super Giants and punjab kings So far there has been a tough competition between the two. Both the teams have maintained an equal record by winning three matches each out of the six matches played against each other. Now it has to be seen who wins in this match.

The entire squad of both the teams is like this

Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Umarzai, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod (wk), Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Payla Avinash, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey, Vishal Nishad.

Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (captain), Aiden Markram, Himmat Singh, Matthew Bretzke, Mukul Chaudhary, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, George Linde (replacement for Wanindu Hasaranga), Ayush Badoni, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav, Arjun Tendulkar, Anrich Nortje Naman Tiwari, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan.