New Delhi: In the 54th match of the Indian Premier League held in Dharamsala, Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 37 runs. With this victory, Punjab team has come second in the points table. After winning the toss in this match, Lucknow team decided to bowl first. Batting first, Punjab had given a target of 237 runs to Lucknow with the help of Prabhsimran’s stormy inning of 91 runs. In reply, Lucknow team could score only 199 runs after losing 7 wickets.

In reply to the target of 237 runs, Lucknow had a very bad start. Lucknow suffered its first blow in the third over itself, when Mitchell Marsh became the victim of Arshdeep without even opening the account. After this, in the same over, Aiden Markram was also out after scoring 13 runs. It was bowled by Arshdeep. After this, Lucknow got its biggest blow in the 5th over when Arshdeep also dismissed Nicholas Pooran. After this, there were expectations from Captain Pant. But once again he disappointed. Only 18 runs came from Pant’s bat and he lost his wicket. After this, Lucknow got its 5th blow in the form of David Miller in the 10th over. But after this, there was a partnership of 81 runs in 41 balls between Abdul Samad and Ayush Badoni, but in the 16th over, Abdul Samad was out after scoring 45 runs. But Ayush remained a stranger. He played an inning of 70 runs in 40 balls and lost his wicket in the last over. But he could not make his team win. Punjab Kings won this match by 37 runs and reached second place in the points table.

Punjab, who came to bat first, did not have a good start. Akash Maharaj Singh had dismissed Priyansh Arya in the very first over. Only 1 run came from Priyansh’s bat. But after this Prabhsimran Singh and Josh English did explosive batting. England had also scored a hat-trick of Chaggani. But in the 5th over, Akash made him its victim too. But Prabhsimran was adamant on the other side. Prabhsimar had hit fifty in 30 balls, but Punjab got its third wicket in the 13th over when Digvesh Iyer was dismissed after scoring 45 runs in 25 balls. After this, Nehal Vadhera batted well but he was dismissed by Prince Yadav in the 16th over. 16 runs came from Nehal’s bat. But Prabhsimran Singh remained adamant. He scored 91 runs in 48 balls and lost his wicket in the 19th over. Prabhsimar had hit 6 fours and 7 sixes in his innings. On the basis of his innings, Punjab gave Lucknow a target of 237 runs to win.

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