Punjab Kings’ captain Shreyas Iyer (proper) celebrates his century and the staff’s win with Suryansh Shedge after the IPL 2026 T20 cricket match with Lucknow Tremendous Giants, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on Could 23, 2026.
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After six consecutive morale-denting losses, Punjab Kings lastly placed on a dominant present within the seven-wicket victory in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants on the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Saturday (Could 23, 2026).
PBKS, powered by an unbeaten century from captain Shreyas Iyer, thus stored alive its hopes within the thrilling playoff race. A Rajasthan Royals loss to Mumbai Indians on Sunday (Could 24, 2026) may assure Kings a knockout spot for the second consecutive season.
Chasing a difficult 197, PBKS made a disastrous begin. A returning Mohammed Shami struck along with his very first ball to dismiss Priyansh Arya after which bowled Cooper Connolly with a pointy supply that nipped.
The away aspect, nonetheless, recovered with the Shreyas-Prabhsimran Singh alliance as each batters went on the offensive when offered alternatives. Prabhsimran discovered the gaps to maintain the run movement going and raced to his fifty off 28 balls.
The wicketkeeper-batter placed on a match-winning 140-run third-wicket stand along with his skipper earlier than he was trapped LBW by Arjun Tendulkar. On the different finish, Shreyas accomplished his century off the final ball of the chase to make sure his aspect acquired previous the end line with ease.
Earlier, Shreyas elected to bowl in opposition to a Mitchell Marsh-less LSG.
However Marsh’s absence hardly mattered for Josh Inglis because the Australian opener maintained his aggressive intent. He opened the innings with a flurry of boundaries off Arshdeep Singh, however Arshin Kulkarni’s golden duck and Nicholas Pooran’s temporary keep within the center stalled LSG’s momentum.
Ayush Badoni, nonetheless, revived the innings with a blistering 43 off simply 18 balls earlier than being brilliantly stumped by Prabhsimran off leggie Yuzvendra Chahal.
Inglis and skipper Rishabh Pant mixed for a 65-run stand. Whereas Inglis introduced up his half-century by smashing 17 of the 19 runs in Arshdeep’s twelfth over, Pant, who was dropped by Shreyas, finally fell to Marco Jansen.
With Arshdeep being costly, Shreyas turned to part-timer Shashank Singh. Boundaries dried up after the medium-pacer despatched again Inglis, however Abdul Samad’s late assault on Arshdeep propelled LSG to a aggressive 196 for six.
The whole, nonetheless, appeared inadequate as soon as Shreyas acquired into his zone.
Revealed – Could 24, 2026 12:37 am IST
