Arshdeep Singh, the left-arm fast bowler, provided a perfect start to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in their defence of the 236-run total, dismissing the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) openers Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram in the same over.

The 26-year-old also got the big wicket of Nicholas Pooran in his next over, to put LSG in deep trouble in the match 54th of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamsala.

The first wicket of Arshdeep Singh's spell happened on the second ball of the third over in the LSG innings when Mitchell Marsh, who hadn't scored a run, tried to hit him for a six on the leg side, only to spoon it up in the air before Nehal Wadhera managed to take a well-judged catch.

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In his third over, which was also the fifth over of the LSG's innings, Arshdeep Singh trapped Nicholas Pooran in front of the stumps, dismissing him for six runs in six balls, to reduce the opposition to 27/3. As of this writing, LSG reached 58/4 in eight overs after their captain Rishabh Pant lost his wicket to Azmatullah Omarzai.

Below are the playing XIs of LSG and PBKS for the match 54th of IPL 2025:

LSG: Rishabh Pant (c)/(wk), Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Akash Singh, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi

Impact players list: Ravi Bishnoi, Mitchell Marsh, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke

PBKS: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh

Impact players list: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Pravin Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett