punjab kings Defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 54 runs in the 29th match of the Indian Premier League 2026.
When invited to bat, the Kings suffered an initial blow when Prabhsimran Singh was dismissed by Mohammed Shami in the very first over. After this came Cooper Connolly but he started slowly Priyansh Arya harass. The Kings finished the powerplay at 63/1, with Connolly out for 19 off 22 balls. After this Connolly went after the Lucknow bowlers, while Airey moved forward. This pair added 182 runs in just 80 balls and destroyed the bowling of the visiting team.
After this, Connolly was out after scoring 87 runs in 46 balls, after which Arya was out after scoring 93 runs in just 37 balls. Late efforts from Marcus Stoinis and Shashank Singh ensured the Kings reached a mammoth score of 254/7 in their 20 overs, hitting 21 sixes in the innings. Prince Yadav bowled brilliantly and finished with figures of 2/25 from his four overs, he was the only LSG bowler to concede less than 10 runs per over.
Lucknow Super Giants got off to a good start in the powerplay with Ayush Badoni opening the batting along with Mitchell Marsh. The pair added 61 runs in the first six overs before Badoni was out for 35. From that point on, Lucknow's innings never got that far. vijaykumar vaishya And Yuzvendra Chahal bowled brilliantly and strengthened his hold on the LSG batsmen.
The game seemed out of reach for Lucknow Super Giants, but despite some tough bowling from the Kings, they finished the game at 200/5. Rishabh Pant scored 43 runs in 23 balls; Aiden Markram, batting at number five, scored 42 runs in 22 balls, while Marsh scored 40 runs in 28 balls. With this win, the Kings began their unbeaten start in the 2026 Indian Premier League and sit comfortably on top of the table with 11 points from six matches. The Super Giants find themselves in eighth place after losing their third game on the bounce.
Here are the most important stats and milestones from PBKS vs LSG, Match 29:
- Third biggest partnership for PBKS: Priyansh Arya and cooper connolly – 182(80)
- Second highest score for PBKS in IPL:254/7
- Third most sixes in an innings for PBKS:21
- Second highest run-rate for more than 100 runs: Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly – 13.65
- Most times a batsman has scored 50 runs in less than 20 balls for PBKS: Priyansh Arya – 3
- 1500 t20 runs: Priyansh Arya
- 150 t20 fours: Priyansh Arya
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