Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) faced Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 13th IPL 2025 match on April 1, 2025, at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The Punjab Kings won the toss and decided to field first.
Arshdeep Singh dismissed Mitchell Marsh for a golden duck, while Lockie Ferguson cleaned up Aiden Markram for 28 runs. Nicholas Pooran scored 44 with five fours and two sixes, while Rishabh Pant scored only two runs as his bad streak continued.
However, Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad made key cameo appearances to give LSG a total they could defend. Badoni scored 41 runs in 33 balls, including one four and three sixes, while Samad scored 27 in 12 balls, including two fours and two sixes.
LSG scored 171/7 from 20 overs. Arshdeep Singh scored 3/43 for the Punjab Kings.
In the chase, Punjab lost Priyansh Arya early to Digvesh Rathi for 8 runs. But then Prabhsimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer added 84 runs for the second wicket. Prabhsimran made 69 in 34 balls, with 9 fours and 3 sixes, before being dismissed by Rathi.
Iyer continued and scored 52* with 3 fours and 4 sixes, while Nehal Wadhera hammered 43* in 25 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes as well to take Punjab Kings to 177/2. PBKS won the game by 8 wickets and moved to the second spot in the IPL 2025 points table.
The cricket fraternity was all praiseful for the clinical win PBKS registered over LSG.
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