The Shreyas Iyer led PBKS easily cruised past Rishabh Pant’s Lucknow Super Giants in the 54TH match of IPL 2025. Pant won the important toss for LSG and asked PBKS to bat first in their new home . PBKS were also yet to figure out that how will the Dharamshala pitch will behave as this was their first match in their second home. The Punjab batters showed positive intent from the first ball and scored a massive score of 236-5 in their 20 overs, Prabhsimran played an aggressive innings of 91 which took Punjab to a commanding position in the match. LSG managed to score 199-7 in their 20 overs but they looked far behind in the match after their top order failed to maximize on this good batting pitch.
Strong batting display from Punjab
PBKS has one of the most in form top order in the league and their youngsters once again proved why the PBKS management places their faith in them . After losing Priyansh Arya early in the first over the batters kept on playing the style of cricket they have played whole season which is “attack” every ball which is in your arc. Prabhsimran Singh the young boy from Punjab has been in PBKS since many years and this season he has turned into a key players for the kings. His man of the match performance showcased remarkable maturity from the youngster, as he didn’t tried to smash every ball instead he built his innings. Prabh smashed 91 off just 48 balls and smashed 7 sixes in his inning. Prabh was supported by Inglis in the early stages of the match who played a short but impactful innings of 30 off 14 balls. Shreyas Iyer came to bat a no.4 in this match and played a mature innings of 45 off 25 which provided stability to the team in the middle overs. Shashank Singh once again provided the finishing touches to the innings and scored a quick 33 off 15 balls to take PBKS to 236.LSG bowlers were mostly dominated by the PBKS players but Akash Singh bowled a good spell and only conceded 30 off his 2 overs and also got 2 wickets. Digvesh Rathi once again took out his notebook and wrote two names of Prabh and Iyer. He picked 2 wickets and gave 46 in his 4 overs.
LSG’s batting line up crumbles to Arsh and Co.
LSG has one of the strongest top order in IPL but Arshdeep Singh was just too good for them as he dismissed dangerous Markram, Marsh and Pooran in the power play only which took the match away from LSG in the first six overs only. LSG hoped that their 27 crore Captain Rishabh would finally score big for the first time this season but his disappointing season continued as Azmatullah got the LSG captain for only 18(17). Rishabh’s current form is a big reason for LSG’s inconsistent performance this season. The South African power hitter David Miller also failed against his former team and got out to the same bowler in the same way Rishabh got out. Miller managed to score only 11 off 8. Some positive that LSG can take away from this match was the performance of their two young Indian players Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad who ensured that LSG will not lose by a big margin. Badoni scored 74 off just 40 whereas Samad scored 45 off just 24 balls and showed the experienced LSG players that this is how you were supposed to bat on this pitch.
PBKS reaches No.2 on points table
The Punjabi boys now have 15 points from 11 matches they have played this season and are currently on 2nd position in the points table. After 11 long years PBKS has managed to cross 14 points in IPL and will now be looking to secure a top 2 finish. LSG are currently 7th on the points table and will need to change a lot of things if they wish to qualify for the playoffs and Pant’s form will be a big issue for them.
This match was another dominant performance from PBKS and the changes Shreyas and Ponting duo has made to the team are quite visible on the field now. As the tournament is now approaching the final stages it will be interesting to see how the young Punjab players will handle the high pressure games.
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