With an aim to continue their winning run, Punjab Kings (PBKS) will host Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the last game of the week. Both teams have had contrasting runs in the season so far. PBKS have won 4 out of their five games and sit in the top spot. They were awarded one point for the washed out game against Kolkata Knight Riders. LSG have only managed 2 wins from 5 matches. They sit in the 8th position. LSG need a win at this stage to avoid an early elimination from the tournament. Before the all-important game, here we have a look at their head-to-head record and other important stats –
PBKS and LSG have squared off in six games since the latter’s IPL debut in 2022. Both teams have won 3 games each against each other. The team winning today’s game will take a 4-3 lead.
Most runs and wickets
PBKS’ Prabhsimran Singh tops the run-scoring charts in matches between the two teams. The PBKS opener has scored 192 runs in five matches. He is followed by LSG’s Ayush Badoni, who has 175 runs. LSG’s Nicholas Pooran sits in the third position. He has scored 137 runs. Marcus Stoinis (122) and KL Rahul (104) sit in the fourth and fifth positions, respectively. Stoinis now plays for PBKS while Rahul joined Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2025 mega-auction.
Arshdeep Singh has the most wickets. The left-arm pacer has scalped 10 wickets in six matches. Kagiso Rabada, who used to play for PBKS, scalped 9 wickets. Sam Curran sits in the third spot. The former PBKS stand-in captain dismissed 7 LSG batters.
Squads:
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Cooper Connolly, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Mitchell Owen, Vishal Nishad, Pyla Avinash, Musheer Khan, Harnoor Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Lockie Ferguson, Praveen Dubey, Ben Dwarshuis
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (Captain), Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav, George Linde, Himmat Singh, Josh Inglis, Anrich Nortje, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mohsin Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Maharaj Singh, Mayank Yadav, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari
