Delhi: The 54th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is being played between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Mohali. The captain of Lucknow won the toss and decided to bowl first, but his decision now seems to be falling out. Punjab Kings, batting first, scored a huge score of 236 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Now Lucknow will have to achieve a mountain -like target of 237 runs to win this match.

First innings game

The start for Punjab Kings may have been bad, when opener Priyansh Arya returned to the pavilion after just 1 run, but after that the batsmen scored an aggressive manner.

Prabhasimran Singh played a restrained but fast -paced innings of 91 runs (in 48 balls), which included 6 fours and 7 long sixes. At the same time, Josh English also scored fast and scored 30 runs in 14 balls. Captain Shreyas Iyer also played a brilliant 45 runs (25 balls) fast innings and strengthened the team in the middle order.

Nehal Vadhera scored 16 runs in 9 balls, but the real glow of Punjab was seen in the end when Shashank Singh and Marcus Stoinis batted stormy in the last over and took the team to 236 runs. Shashank Singh scored an unbeaten 33 off 15 balls, while Stoinis scored an explosive innings of 15 runs in just 5 balls.

Lucknow bowlers were expensive

For the bowlers of Lucknow Super Giants, this innings was no less than a nightmare. Akash Maharaj Singh took 2 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs, while Digvesh Singh Rathi also took 2 wickets, but he took 46 runs. Both Prince Yadav and Avesh Khan proved to be quite expensive, whose economy rate was 10.80 and 14.20 respectively. Apart from this, Mayank Yadav also gave runs from the economy of 15, which was a matter of concern for Lucknow.

Lucknow needs 237 runs

Now Lucknow Super Giants have a big target of 237 runs, to achieve this, they will have to bat aggressive and planned from the beginning. The bowlers of Punjab will also have to fulfill their responsibility and try to defend this big score.

Playing XI of both teams