PBKS vs LSG, IPL 2025 Match Highlights: Punjab Kings Outclass Lucknow Super Giants To Win By 37 Runs

PBKS vs LSG, IPL 2025 Match Highlights: Punjab Kings Outclass Lucknow Super Giants To Win By 37 Runs

 In an IPL match here on Sunday, Punjab Kings actually drove the Lucknow Super Giants to the verge of elimination with a 37-run victory, thanks to heroics from the two "Singhs," Prabhsimran and Arshdeep. Rishabh Pant lost both the match and his bat at the same time.

 Prabhsimran's 48-ball 91 served as the foundation for Punjab Kings' insurmountable 236 for 5, while Arshdeep's (3/16 in 4 overs) now-familiar Powerplay spell put an end to any hopes of an incredible chase by completely destroying the opposing top-order.

 In order to tilt the game decisively in Punjab's favor this time, he got the three highest run scorers: Mitchell Marsh (0), Aiden Markram (13) and the always dangerous Nicholas Pooran (6).  Even if Ayush Badoni's effort (74 off 40 balls) was unsuccessful, it was still a respectable one.

 Even if LSG wins their next three games and reaches 16 points from 14 games, their net run-rate may make things difficult for them. Ultimately, they were limited to 199 for 7 in 20 overs.

 With 15 points from 11 games, Punjab Kings are now in second position, and one more victory might put them in the top four.

 However, the unfathomable strategy of LSG's Rs 27 crore captain Pant is turning into a disgrace, as he has amassed a pitiful 128 runs in 11 innings at a strike-rate of less than 100 (99.22).

 He scored 18 from 17 balls that day, and it was clear that he was totally out of sync when he attempted to hurl the kitchen sink at a delivery from Azmatullah Omarzai.  His shot lacked control as the ball traveled to deep point and the bat took off on a parabolic curve towards square leg.