LSG vs PBKS 1st Inning Highlight IPL 2026: The 68th match of IPL 2026 is being played today between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. Where Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and invited Lucknow to bat. Despite a good start, Lucknow Super Giants could not cross the 200 mark. In 20 overs, he scored 196 runs against Punjab Kings at the loss of 6 wickets. Now Punjab Kings will have to score 197 runs to win in a do or die match.
Josh English played an explosive inning of 72 runs.
Josh English played the most lethal and biggest innings in this match for Lucknow Super Giants. He scored 72 runs in 44 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes against Punjab Kings. Earlier, he made a partnership of 43 runs with Ayush Badoni, 65 runs with captain Pant and 35 runs with Abdul Samad.
Apart from Josh, Ayush Badoni also displayed explosive batting for LSG. He scored 43 runs in 18 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. At the same time, captain Pant played a slow inning of 26 runs in 22 balls. Finally Abdul Samad opened his hands. He remained unbeaten after scoring 37 runs in 20 balls. On the other hand, Arjun Tendulkar remained unbeaten after scoring 5 runs.
Punjab Kings bowling
Punjab’s most reliable bowler Arshdeep Singh could not show his strength in this match. He gave away runs with an economy of more than 17 in 3 overs. At the same time, he did not get a single wicket.
In this match against LSG, Marco Jansen and Yuzvendra Chahal took 2-2 wickets. Whereas, Azmatullah Umarzai and Shashank Singh got 1-1 wicket.
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Playing XI of Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Vijaykumar Vaishakh, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Lucknow Super Giants: Josh Inglis, Arsheen Kulkarni, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper/Captain), Abdul Samad, Mukul Chaudhary, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan.
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