LSG vs PBKS: Stormy innings by Josh English and Ayush Badoni, Lucknow gave the target of 197 runs to Punjab.

LSG vs PBKS: The 68th match of the Indian Premier League 2026 is being played between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings at Ekana Stadium. Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl, after which Lucknow Super Giants, batting first, scored 196 runs for 6 wickets. Josh English played an inning of 72 runs for Lucknow. Ayush Badoni scored 43 runs. While Abdul Samad scored 37 not out. Yuzvendra Chahal and Marco Jansen took 2-2 wickets for Punjab.

Lucknow Super Giants had a bad start

Lucknow Super Giants, who came to bat first after losing the toss against Punjab Kings, were shocked by Azmatullah Omarzai in the very first over. He sent Arshin Kulkarni to the pavilion. Arshin Kulkarni could not even open an account. After this, Marco Jansen dismissed Nicholas Pooran in the third over. Puran scored only 2 runs.

Just the beginning they were looking for☝️☝️

Azmatullah Omarzai and Marco Jansen with early strikes for @PunjabKingsIPL ❤️

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Ayush Badoni became the victim of Yuzvendra Chahal by playing a stormy innings.

Yuzvendra Chahal gave the third blow to Lucknow Super Giants. Chahal made Ayush Badoni, who was batting stormily, his victim. Badoni scored 43 runs on 18 balls. After this, Chahal gave the fourth success to Punjab Kings. Chahal showed Rishabh Pant the way to the pavilion. Pant scored 26 runs on 22 balls.

Lifeline – Boundary – Revenge 😮‍💨🔥

🎥 This Yuzvendra Chahal vs Rishabh Pant rivalry had everything 🫣

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Josh English played an inning of 72 runs

After this, Shashank Singh gave a big blow to Lucknow Super Giants by dismissing Josh English who came to open. Josh English played an inning of 72 runs in 44 balls, which included 9 fours and 2 sixes. After this, Marco Jansen dismissed Mukul Chaudhary on the personal score of 1 run.

A man in seriously good form! 🔥

🎥 Josh Inglis toying with the field 👇

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Abdul Samad played a good innings

In the last overs, Abdul Samad scored unbeaten 37 runs on 20 balls and took Lucknow’s innings beyond 190. Whereas Arjun Tendulkar scored 5 unbeaten runs. Arshdeep Singh gave away 17 runs in the last over.

Such is the playing 11 of both the teams

Playing 11 of Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Johnson, Vijaykumar Vishak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Players of Punjab Kings: Harpreet Brar, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey.

Playing 11 of Lucknow Super Giants: Josh Inglis, Arshin Kulkarni, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper/captain), Abdul Samad, Mukul Chaudhary, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan.

Impact Players of Lucknow Super Giants: Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Manimaran Siddharth, Himmat Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh.

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