In the 28th match of IPL 2026, Punjab Kings have registered their fifth consecutive win this season by defeating Lucknow Super Giants by a huge margin of 54 runs. In response to the 255 runs given by Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Giants team could score only 200 runs for 5 wickets. For Lucknow, Adam Markram scored 44 runs, captain Rishabh Pant scored 43 runs, Mitchell Marsh scored 40 runs. Marco Jansen took 2 wickets for Punjab Kings. Apart from this, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal and Vijaykumar Vaishak got 1 success each.

Lucknow Super Giants had a bad start

Lucknow Super Giants, which set out to chase the target of 255 runs given by Punjab Kings, had a good start. Lucknow lost the first wicket on the score of 61 runs. Vijaykumar Vaishak introduced Ayush Badoni. Badoni scored 35 runs on 21 balls. After this, there was a partnership of 50 runs for the second wicket between Mitchell Marsh and Rishabh Pant, which was then broken by Yuzvendra Chahal.

Rishabh Pant and Mitchell Marsh could not play big innings for LSG.

Chahal showed Mitchell Marsh the way to the pavilion. Mitchell Marsh scored 40 runs on 28 balls. After this Arshdeep Singh made Rishabh Pant walk. Pant was out after playing an innings of 43 runs in 23 balls. Then Nicholas Pooran became his victim after scoring only 9 runs.

Markram and Mukul Chaudhary could not lead Lucknow to victory

After this Marco Yansen dismissed Adam Markram. Markram scored 44 runs on 22 balls. After this, Mukul Chaudhary scored unbeaten 21 runs on 17 balls and took the Lucknow Super Giants team to 200. In this way Lucknow lost by 54 runs.

This was the batting of Punjab Kings

After losing the toss, Punjab Kings batted first and scored a huge score of 254 runs for 7 wickets. Punjab Kings opener Priyansh Arya played the most explosive inning of 93 runs on 37 balls, which included 4 fours and 9 sixes. Whereas Cooper Connolly scored 87 runs on 46 balls. He hit 8 fours and 7 sixes. Apart from this, Marcus Stoinis contributed 29 runs, Shashank Singh contributed 17 runs and Nehal Vadera contributed 13 runs. Prince Yadav and Manimaran Siddharth took 2 wickets each for Lucknow Super Giants. Whereas Mohammed Shami and Mohsin Khan got 1-1 success.