IPL 2025 LSG vs PBKS | Top-order makes it a stroll in the park for Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings’ captain Shreyas Iyer exchanges a handshake with Lucknow Super Giants’ Manimaran Siddharth after their Indian Premier League 2025 match, at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on April 1, 2025
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Opener Prabhsimran Singh followed up a disciplined performance from Punjab Kings bowlers with a blazing fifty to help his team outclass Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets in an IPL 2025 match at the Ekana Stadium here on Tuesday (April 1, 2025).

Prabhsimran’s early blitz ensured a comfortable win for Kings as they scaled LSG’s 172-run target inside 17 overs.

The wicketkeeper-batter kicked things off by taking down LSG’s pacers. While Shardul Thakur was driven through cover and slashed over point, Avesh Khan was dispatched over extra cover with a shot mirroring a tennis forehand.

Prabhsimran fared even better against the LSG spinners, employing a battery of sweeps, reverse sweeps and scoops to garner boundaries.

The 24-year-old reached his fifty off the 23rd ball and was threatening to wipe off the chase on his own before he was caught at the fence following an acrobatic relay catch involving Ayush Badoni and Ravi Bishnoi.

Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer marshalled the chase from thereon as he ticked off his second consecutive fifty.

With Impact Player Nehal Wadhera for company, Shreyas secured his side’s second win in as many games.

Earlier, Shreyas’ choice to put LSG in was validated by his bowlers led by pacer Arshdeep Singh (three for 43). The home team lost Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram and Rishabh Pant in the PowerPlay as the Kings attack clicked in unison.

With his top-order colleagues departing early, Orange Cap-holder Nicholas Pooran decided to bide his time. He eventually rose from his slumber by taking on the spinners. Pooran carved Yuzvendra Chahal for a couple of boundaries through the off-side before lofting him down the ground for a six.

But, with a third consecutive fifty on the horizon, Pooran was snared by Chahal, who baited the left-hander with a wide googly. The resultant miscue was pouched by Glenn Maxwell at long-on, silencing a boisterous home crowd.

LSG enjoyed a mini-recovery through a 47-run, sixth-wicket partnership between Badoni and Abdul Samad, which dragged the side past 170. But it proved insufficient in the face of Prabhsimran’s onslaught.