Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings (PBKS) will host Rishabh Pant’s Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, on Sunday (April 19). The toss will take place at 7:00 PM IST while the first ball will be bowled at 7:30 PM IST. With 4 wins in five matches, PBKS sit in the top spot in the IPL 2026 points table. Their game against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) was washed out due to rain. PBKS are yet to lose a game in IPL 2026. The IPL 2025 runners-up have 9 points at an NRR of +1.067.
LSG have struggled in IPL 2026 and they are reeling in the 8th position. They have managed 2 wins in 5 matches. LSG kicked off their season with a defeat against Delhi Capitals.
They defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in back-to-back matches before suffering defeats at the hands of Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. A win here can see LSG finish the week in the top four. PBKS will retain the top spot if they defeat RR. The home team will stay in the top two even if they lose to LSG.
With 211 runs, Prabhsimran Singh tops the run-scoring charts for PBKS. He has batted with a strike rate of 172.95. He is followed by captain Shreyas Iyer, who has 203 runs in 4 innings. Arshdeep Singh and Vijaykumar Vyashak have scalped 5 wickets each for PBKS.
Mukul Choudhary has scored the most runs for LSG. He has 127 runs in five innings. Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh have managed to score 120 and 155 runs, respectively. Prince Yadav (9) has the most wickets for the Lucknow-based franchise.
Predictions
Punjab Kings enter this match as favorite and they are likely to defeat the struggling Lucknow Super Giants. PBKS have all their bases covered and have emerged as the strongest team in IPL 2026. Iyer has led the team from the front and played captain’s knocks in a couple of matches.
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
