LSG vs PBKS Highlights: Fifties from Prabhsimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer Power PBKS to Consecutive IPL 2025 Wins

The new look Punjab Kings got off to a great start in IPL 2025 as they won their second game of the season, defeating Lucknow Super Giants by a dominating 8-wicket margin. Thanks to Arshdeep Singh’s 3 wickets and other bowlers’ combined efforts, LSG managed to put up only 171 in 20 overs, which PBKS chased down in 16.2 overs with power-packed innings from Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer, and Nehal Wadhera.

IPL 2025 LSG vs PBKS Highlights

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bowl first on the red soil surface of Ekana, Lucknow, against Lucknow Super Giants.

Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Digvesh Rathi

Punjab Kings Playing XI: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh

Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh come out to bat for LSG, but Arshdeep Singh sends Marsh back at a golden duck in his first over. However, Markram and Nicholas Pooran handled the inning well. Aiden Markram capitalized on the powerplay, scoring 28 runs off 18 balls before getting out to Ferguson. Rishabh Pant once again failed to impact as he got out to Maxwell on 2 runs.

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Arshdeep Singh strikes in the opening over to dismiss the in-form Mitchell Marsh 💪

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Yuzvendra Chahal removes Pooran on 44 runs off 30 balls to bring back PBKS into the match. However, the young lads of LSG, Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad, finished the match well by scoring 41 and 27 runs, respectively, to bring PBKS to 171 in 20 overs. 

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While chasing the 172, PBKS lost the early wicket of Priyansh Arya, but Prabhsimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer managed well by attacking the LSG bowlers. Prabhsimran smashed 69 runs off 34 balls, including 9 fours and 3 sixes. Nehal Wadher joined the captain in the middle after Rathi got Prabhsimran. Both batters continued the attack and chased down the target in 16.2 overs. Shreyas Iyer smashed 52 runs off 30 balls, and Nehal Wadher scored 43 off just 25 balls.