Punjab Kings outplayed Lucknow Super Giants by 37 runs in their crucial IPL 2025 match to move to the second position in the points table on Sunday. Sent in to bat at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, Prabhsimran Singh smashed a blistering 48-ball 91 and shared a 78-run stand with skipper Shreyas Iyer (45) to lay the foundation, before Nehal Wadhera (16), Shashank Singh (33) and Marcus Stoinis (15) chipped in to propel PBKS to an imposing 236 for five. In reply, Ayush Badoni fought a lone battle with a valiant 40-ball 74 but lacked support from the other end as LSG were restricted to 199 for 7 in 20 overs, slumping to their sixth loss in 11 games. Arshdeep Singh (3/16) led the bowling charge for Punjab, while Azmatullah Omarzai (2/33) also chipped in with key wickets.
Rishabh Pant, LSG captain: Definitely too many runs. When you gonna drop crucial catches at the wrong time, it is going to hurt you badly. We thought it was going to do more. We didn’t pick the length right at the start. That’s part and parcel of the game. The dream is still alive. If we gonna win the next three matches, we definitely can turn it around. It makes sense when your top order is batting really well. Every match you can’t hope they will come off nicely. It’s part of the game. We need to take the game deep. Every time they can’t do the heavy job for us. Like you said in the first, we had too many to chase. That hurt us badly.
Arshdeep Singh: For a change there was movement in the starting overs. I really enjoyed it. In the second innings, the conditions gets cold and the weather drops down and it swings a bit. Surely gives us a lot of confidence. There are a lot of phases where we can improve as a team. I was just watching him (Wadhera’s catch to dismiss Marsh) run to the ball. I was praying just catch it because you know Mitch is a very dangerous player when he gets in and gets going. So, we had to take that early wicket. Credit to him for th