On the strength of deadly bowling by Arshdeep Singh and Azmatullah Umarzai, Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 37 runs and registered their seventh win. In the 54th match of IPL played in Dharamshala on Sunday, Punjab, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 236 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs, thanks to Prabhsimran Singh's 91 and captain Shreyas Iyer's 45 runs. This is their fourth-highest score in IPL. At the same time, the team has touched the 200 mark for the first time in Dharamshala since 2011. Earlier, Punjab had scored 232 runs for losing two wickets against RCB. In response, Lucknow's team could score only 199 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the stipulated overs. Ayush Badoni played the highest innings of 74 runs for them. At the same time, Arshdeep took three and Umarzai took two wickets for Punjab. Apart from this, Marco Jansen and Yuzvendra Chahal got one success each.

Punjab reached second place.

Punjab, which has won seven out of 11 matches, reached the second position in the points table with 15 points. Their net run rate has become +0.376. At the same time, Lucknow is in the seventh position with its sixth defeat of the season. They have 10 points in their account and the net run rate has become -0.469. RCB is at the top with 16 points while Mumbai and Gujarat are at third and fourth place respectively with 14-14 points.

Lucknow's innings

Lucknow had a bad start while chasing the target. The team lost four wickets at a score of 58. Aiden Markram (13), Mitchell Marsh (0), Nicholas Pooran (6) and Rishabh Pant (18) could not impress. In such a situation, Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad took over the front. There was a partnership of 81 runs between the two for the sixth wicket. During this, Samad was dismissed after scoring 45 runs in 24 balls. At the same time, Ayush Badoni managed to play a strong innings of 74 runs. However, he could not lead the team to victory. Avesh Khan and Prince Yadav remained unbeaten on 19 and one run respectively.

Punjab's innings

Based on Prabhsimran Singh's explosive innings of 91 runs in 48 balls, Punjab Kings set a target of 237 runs in front of Lucknow Super Giants. Punjab started with a setback in this match. Akash Singh made Priyansh Arya his victim in the very first over. He could score only one run. After this, Prabhsimran Singh and Josh Inglis took over the front. There was a partnership of 48 runs for the second wicket between the two. Akash Singh showed the way to the pavilion to wicketkeeper-batsman Inglis. He was dismissed after scoring 30 runs with the help of one four and four sixes.

Shreyas Iyer and Prabhsimran Singh took charge of Punjab, which had lost two wickets at 50. Both of them batted aggressively and added 78 runs for the third wicket. Digvesh Rathi got captain Iyer caught by Mayank Yadav. He returned after scoring 45 runs in 25 balls. At the same time, Prabhsimran Singh missed the second century of his IPL career by nine runs. Six fours and seven sixes came off his bat against Lucknow. For Punjab, Nehal Vadhera scored 16 runs while Shashank and Stoinis remained unbeaten after scoring 33 and 15 runs respectively. For Lucknow, Akash Singh and Digvesh Rathi took two wickets each while Prince Yadav got one success.

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