Punjab Kings have defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets. Lucknow has suffered a crushing defeat on its own home ground. This is Punjab’s second consecutive win in the current season, while Lucknow has suffered its second defeat of the tournament. In this match played at the Ekana Stadium, LSG scored 171 runs while playing first. In response, Punjab won the match in the 17th over with 8 wickets remaining.
In this match played at the Ekana Stadium, Punjab Kings got a target of 172 runs. Punjab team’s new star Priyansh Arya could not perform this time, but Lucknow bowlers were seen flying in the storm of his partner Prabhsimran. Prabhsimran Singh completed his fifty in just 23 balls and in the match he played a stormy innings of 69 runs in 34 balls. In this innings, he hit 9 fours and 3 sixes.
Captain Shreyas Iyer shines again
After Prabhsimran Singh was out, captain Shreyas Iyer took the innings of Punjab Kings forward rapidly. In the match against Gujarat Titans, captain Shreyas played an unbeaten innings of 97 runs. This time against Lucknow, he scored an unbeaten 52 off 30 balls. Iyer has scored 149 runs in just 2 matches and has scored stormy half-centuries in both the matches.
Nehal Vadhera also played an important role in Punjab’s victory. Vadhera scored an unbeaten 43 off 25 balls. He along with captain Shreyas had added 67 runs in just 37 balls. Talking about Lucknow Super Giants, only Digvesh Rathi was able to take 2 wickets. Apart from him, all other bowlers proved to be flops. Let us tell you that with this win, Punjab Kings have now come to second place in the points table with 4 points.
