IPL: Punjab Kings’ winning streak continues in IPL 2026. Punjab now performed brilliantly in the 29th match of IPL 2026, defeating Lucknow Super Giants by 54 runs. In this way, Punjab team became the first team to register 5th win this season. Punjab team was already on top in the points table and now with the 5th win, the team has strengthened its hold on number-1.
In the match played in Mullanpur, Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Punjab Kings scored 254 runs losing 7 wickets. Cooper Connolly and Priyansh Arya played explosive innings for Punjab. Cooper scored 87 runs, while Priyansh scored 93 runs. For Lucknow, Prince Yadav and M Siddharth were successful in taking 2-2 wickets.
Lucknow’s innings, which came to chase the mountain-like score of Punjab Kings, had a great start. Ayush Badoni and Mitchell Marsh together scored 61 runs in the powerplay. However, Ayush Badoni returned to the pavilion on the last ball of the sixth over. After this Mitchell Marsh returned to the pavilion after scoring 40 runs. By the time the score was 109 runs in 11.1 overs, 2 Lucknow batsmen had returned to the pavilion. From here there was a need to increase the pace of runs, but LSG’s innings faltered and 4 wickets fell for 139 runs. In the end, Aiden Markram and Mukul Chaudhary tried their best to increase the pace of runs, but by the end of 20 overs, Pant’s team could score only 200 runs after losing 5 wickets. In this way, Punjab team was successful in registering a big win by 54 runs.
playing eleven
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (wk/captain), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Chaudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Mohsin Khan.
Lucknow Super Giants Impact Sub: Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Matthew Britzke, Mayank Yadav, Himmat Singh
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jensen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Punjab Kings Impact Sub: Vijaykumar Vaish, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod.
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