PBKS vs LSG IPL Yesterday Match Result: Who won yesterday’s match in Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants Indian Premier League match, know the full result, important moments and highlights of the match here. In yesterday’s match, Punjab defeated Lucknow on the basis of captain Shreyas Iyer’s stormy century and Prabhsimran Singh’s explosive innings.
Yesterday IPL Match Winner: Saturday was a very exciting day for cricket fans in IPL 2026. A high-scoring and close contest was witnessed between Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer’s century was the most explosive. If you have not been able to watch yesterday’s match and want to know what happened on the field, who was the winner of this match, who got the man of the match, who scored how much and what were the turning points, then know the complete excitement of the match here..
Who won the IPL match yesterday?
In yesterday’s match, Punjab Kings showed an amazing performance and defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 7 wickets. With this resounding victory, Punjab has kept itself firmly in the race for the playoffs. Punjab Kings won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, Lucknow Super Giants made a strong score of 196 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. From Lucknow, Josh Inglis hit fours and sixes as soon as he came on the field and scored the maximum of 72 runs. He was fully supported by Ayush Badoni, who played a brilliant inning of 43 runs in just 18 balls. In the end, Abdul Samad also scored unbeaten 37 runs and took the team to a big score. Marco Jensen and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal did a good job in bowling for Punjab and took 2 wickets each.
Shreyas Iyer’s storm and first IPL century
The start of Punjab’s chase of the big target of 197 runs was nothing special. Opener Priyansh Arya was out on the very first ball. After this, Prabhsimran Singh took charge and brought Punjab back into the match by playing a very quick inning of 69 runs in 39 balls. He was given out LBW by Arjun Tendulkar. After this, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer showed real magic on the field. Shreyas took the class of every bowler of Lucknow and played a historic inning of 101 not out in just 51 balls. This is also the first century of his IPL career. The funniest thing was that Iyer not only completed his century by hitting a hard six to Mohsin Khan on the last ball of the 18th over, but also gave the team a one-sided victory by 7 wickets. He was chosen ‘Man of the Match’ for his excellent captaincy innings. With this win, Punjab now has 15 points.
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Who scored how many runs for LSG?
For Lucknow, opener Josh Inglis played the biggest inning of 72 runs in 44 balls. Ayush Badoni contributed 43 runs and Rishabh Pant contributed 26 runs. Abdul Samad quickly scored 37 unbeaten runs in the last overs. Nicholas Pooran (2 runs) and Arshin Kulkarni (0) were complete flops yesterday. Lucknow team scored 196 runs for 6 wickets after playing full 20 overs.
PBKS’s tight bowling
Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was the most economical among Punjab’s bowlers, taking 2 big wickets for just 25 runs in 4 overs. Fast bowler Marco Jensen also took 2 wickets for 33 runs. Azmatullah Umarzai and Shashank Singh got 1-1 success, while Arshdeep Singh proved to be a bit expensive yesterday and gave away 52 runs in 3 overs.
Punjab Kings’ explosive run-chase
Punjab achieved the target of 197 runs in 18 overs by losing only 3 wickets. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored unbeaten 101 runs in 51 balls, hitting 11 fours and 5 sixes. Opener Prabhsimran Singh played a brilliant inning of 69 runs, while Cooper Connolly scored 18 runs. In the end Suryansh Shedge returned unbeaten after scoring 9 runs.
Lucknow Super Giants bowling condition
Yesterday was a day to forget for the Lucknow bowlers. Senior fast bowler Mohammed Shami spent 45 runs in 4 overs, although he got 2 wickets. Young bowler Arjun Tendulkar showed good line-length and took 1 big wicket in the form of Prabhasimran for 36 runs in 4 overs. Mohsin Khan and Digvesh Singh could not get any success yesterday.