Punjab Kings’ Historic Victory Over Lucknow Supergiants
PBKS vs LSG IPL Scorecard
The recent IPL season witnessed a match that shook all cricket records. The match between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) saw a rain of runs, where Punjab crushed Lucknow with their aggressive batting.
Punjab Kings’ Mountain-like Batting: 254 Runs
Punjab Kings won the toss and decided to bat first and kept the pressure on the Lucknow bowlers from the start. Punjab’s batsmen played strokes all over the ground and scored 254 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
PBKS vs LSG IPL Scorecard
Aggressive partnership of Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connelly
The real hero of the match was Priyansh Arya, who played an incredible innings of 93 runs off just 37 balls. His innings included 9 towering sixes. He was supported by Cooper Connelly, who made 87 runs off 46 balls, rendering the Lucknow bowling attack helpless.
Lucknow Supergiants’ chase and failure
Chasing a huge target of 255 runs was never easy, but the Lucknow team did not give up. However, the wickets that fell intermittently slowed down their pace. The Lucknow team could only score 200 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated overs.
Resistance of Rishabh Pant and Markram
For Lucknow, captain Rishabh Pant raised some hopes by scoring 43 runs off 23 balls, while Aiden Markram also played a lightning-fast innings of 42 runs. But Punjab’s bowlers, especially Marco Johnson and Arsdeep Singh, showed excellent control in the last overs.
Match Result and Points Table Situation Punjab Kings have won this match by a huge margin of 54 runs and earned valuable points. With this win, Punjab team has moved into a better position on the points table, while Lucknow Supergiants need to work on their net run rate and bowling shortcomings.
254/7 (20)
200/5 (20)
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | S/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priyansh Aryac Mitchell Marsh b M Siddharth | 93 | 37 | 4 | 9 | 251.35 |
| Prabhsimran Singh (Wk)c Mitchell Marsh b Mohammed Shami | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cooper Connollyc M Siddharth b Prince Yadav | 87 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 189.13 |
| Shreyas Iyer (C)c Mohammed Shami b Mohsin Khan | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Marcus Stoinisrun out (Nicholas Pooran) | 29 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 181.25 |
| Nehal Wadherac Nicholas Pooran b M Siddharth | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 185.71 |
| Shashank Singhc Aiden Markram b Prince Yadav | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 283.33 |
| Marco Jansennot out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras: 9 (W 6, LB 3) | |||||
| Total runs: 254 (7 wkts, 20 ov) | |||||
LSG Innings
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | S/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Marshc Xavier Bartlett b Yuzvendra Chahal | 40 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 142.86 |
| Ayush Badonic Xavier Bartlett b Vijaykumar Vyshak | 35 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 166.67 |
| Rishabh Pant (C)(Wk)c Prabhsimran Singh b Arshdeep Singh | 43 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 186.96 |
| Nicholas Pooranc Shreyas Iyer b Marco Jansen | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Aiden Markramc Marcus Stoinis b Marco Jansen | 42 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 190.91 |
| Mukul Choudharynot out | 21 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 123.53 |
| Himmat Singhnot out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras: 9 (NB 1, W 6, LB 2) | |||||
| Total runs: 200 (5 wkts, 20 ov) | |||||
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