Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Badoni, SIX, over wide long-off.
Punjab Kings will host Lucknow Super Giants in a crucial IPL 2025 fixture at the picturesque HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Sunday, May 4, in match number 54 of the season. With PBKS sitting in fourth place with 13 points and LSG in sixth with 10, the stakes are high as both teams look to solidify their playoff chances. PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer has led from the front with four fifties this season, while Prabhsimran Singh’s consistent scoring and Yuzvendra Chahal’s recent hat-trick add to their confidence. The loss of Glenn Maxwell is a setback, but Punjab’s well-rounded squad gives them options. On the other side, LSG are desperate for a turnaround, with Rishabh Pant’s form under the spotlight. Power-hitters like Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram must deliver if they are to challenge Punjab at home. With Dharamsala’s conditions in play, this could be a pivotal encounter in the race for the top four.
PBKS vs LSG Head-to-Head
Overall
- Total matches played: 5
- PBKS won: 2
- LSG won: 3
- No result: 0
Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Badoni, SIX, Ayush Badoni reaches 50. He has been a fine player for LSG this season. Length delivery outside off, he gets forward and lofts high and handsome over long-on
Marco Jansen to Abdul Samad, out Caught&Bowled!! End of the stand. A slower-ball off-cutter on off, Abdul Samad mishits it back and Marco Jansen doesn't drop that. Fine hand though from Samad.
Stoinis to Abdul Samad, SIX, fine timing. Full on leg-stump, flicked effortlessly and it flies over the fence at deep mid-wicket
Stoinis to Abdul Samad, FOUR, to deep backward point
Vijaykumar Vyshak to Abdul Samad, SIX, poor delivery and six. It's slower and short outside off, flat-batted cut and it flies all the way over wide long-off for six. Immense power from Samad
Azmatullah to Pant, out Caught by Shashank Singh!! And he goes next ball. Nothing going right for Pant this season. He comes down the track to loft, the bat is lost and it flies to the square-leg region as he plays, sliced straight to the fielder at sweeper cover. Shashank comes in and takes an easy catch. Pant walks off looking at the heavens and muttering something. PBKS well on top.
Azmatullah to Ayush Badoni, FOUR, good manipulation of the field. Full delivery outside off, Ayush Badoni shuffles across and scoops to the fine-leg fence
Azmatullah to Ayush Badoni, SIX, fine shot. Shows the class of Ayush Badoni. It's a good length delivery outside off, he gets forward and plays a fine loft over extra-cover, flies away all the way
Arshdeep Singh to Pooran, out Lbw!! That is plumb and Pooran falls to Arshdeep Singh too. All the top-three now to Arshdeep. Big full inswinger on the stumps, Pooran slogs to leg and misses, hit on the back leg and that's crashing into the stumps. Three reds and Pooran wastes a review. Ever since Kamboj got him from round the wicket with one angled in sharply into the pads, Pooran has had trouble and now has fallen to a similar kind of ball, albeit from a left-handed bowler. Is that a weakness in his game?
Marco Jansen to Pant, SIX, that's Pant at his best. He comes down the track and takes it on a length, clean loft and it flies flat over long-off, fine blow that
Arshdeep Singh to Markram, out Bowled!! Dragged back on and Markram curses himself as he walks off.
Arshdeep Singh to Markram, no run, short of length and nips back in to off, cramps Markram up, he defends it back to Arshdeep Singh
Avesh Khan to Stoinis, SIX, to sweeper cover
Digvesh Rathi to Prabhsimran, out Caught by Pooran!! No 100 for Prabhsimran. Digvesh Rathi does the notebook celebration. Fullish on middle, Prabhsimran turns around for the reverse-sweep, it's right off the toe-end of the bat, Pooran at extra-cover goes to his left and dives forward to take it. End of a fine knock and Prabhsimran walks back to a standing ovation.
Avesh Khan to Prabhsimran, SIX, smashed over deep square-leg. Avesh Khan tries the slower-ball leg-cutter, it sits up short outside off, Prabhsimran hangs back and mauls the pull way back, nearly goes out of the ground
Mayank Yadav to Shashank Singh, SIX, out of the ground! Preity Zinta goes oooohhhhhhhhhhh! This is a back of a length delivery down leg, almost a free-hit for Shashank Singh, he mauls this over deep backward square-leg, hits the roof of a building and goes over
Prince Yadav to Nehal Wadhera, out Bowled!! Prince Yadav has bowled Nehal Wadhera around his legs. Yorker length on leg-stump, Wadhera tries to get inside the line and paddle, misses, the leg-stump is found. It's the timeout as well.
Digvesh Rathi to Shreyas Iyer, out Caught by Mayank Yadav!! And taken at point. First time Shreyas Iyer has fallen to a spinner this season. The ball held on to the deck a little after Digvesh Rathi flicked it a little. The bat face got opened a little and he sliced the ball up to be taken at point. Digvesh Rathi strikes for the first time and it is a huge wicket. Shreyas Iyer was getting into his elements but is gone now. Shreyas Iyer c Mayank Yadav b Digvesh Rathi 45(25) [4s-4 6s-2]
Mayank Yadav to Prabhsimran, 1 run, and a single again. Fifty for Prabhsimran. He has been very smart. Has used the dimensions of the ground really well. Short, slower, outside off, Prabhsimran stayed back and dabbed the ball down to third man. Another fifty for Prabhsimran this season
Akash Maharaj Singh to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, to long-on
Mayank Yadav to Prabhsimran, SIX, and another six! Mayank going for plenty. 137.8 kph, short, wide, Prabhsimran eats into the width and slashes it over point for a sixer. A hint of width and Prabhsimran jumped on to it
Mayank Yadav to Josh Inglis, SIX, Mayank being torn apart here. Six more. Avesh jumps at deep mid but the ball goes over. He was a few yards inside and Josh Inglis manages to clear the fielder. Only just. Poor effort though. Was a short ball, outside off, Josh Inglis looked to pull and mistimed it. Josh Inglis gets a hat-trick of sixes but he is certainly lucky. Avesh could have done much better. Inglis almost fell for the bait
Akash Maharaj Singh to Priyansh Arya, out Caught by Mayank Yadav!! Hit straight to the man at deep third man. Was a length delivery, wide outside off, Priyansh Arya looked to punch it on the up and got it off the outer-edge. The ball flew down high to the man at deep third. Easy take for the fielder. Akash Maharaj Singh has struck in his first over. The ball moved away and Priyansh Arya











