LSG vs PBKS IPL 2025: Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants, Shreyas Iyer's team was heavy on Rishabh Pant

Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings Highlights: In the 13th match of IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Gynts suffered defeat against Punjab Kings. The match was played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Punjab has got the second consecutive win. At the same time, Lucknow has a second defeat in three matches. While Punjab defeated Gujarat Titans in their first match, Lucknow lost against Delhi Capitals. However, in the second match, he made a strong comeback by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad, but he has to face defeat once again.

In this match, two most expensive players in IPL history were face to face. Rishabh Pant, the captain of Lucknow Super Gynts, got a price of Rs 27 crore in the mega auction. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore and made the captain. In this match, Iyer was overwhelming on Pant. He won the toss and decided to bowl first. Lucknow’s team could score 171 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. For that, Nicholas Puran scored 44 and Ayush Badoni scored 41 runs. Captain Pant could score only 2 runs. Arshdeep Singh took three wickets for Punjab.

The target of 172 runs was achieved by Punjab by scoring 177 runs for 2 wickets in 16.2 overs. Opener Prabhasimran Singh played a stormy innings for him. He ensured the team’s victory by playing an innings of 69 runs off 34 balls. Captain Shreyas Iyer finished the match with Nehal Vadhera. Iyer scored an unbeaten 52 off 30 balls and Vadhera scored 43 runs off 25 balls. Opener Priyansh Arya could only score 8 runs. Digvesh Rathi took 2 wickets for Lucknow.