IPL 2026 LSG vs PBKS Playing 11: Rishabh Pant-led Lucknow Super Giants will square off against Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings in the 68th match of the IPL 2026 on May 23 at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

With Lucknow Super Giants getting knocked out of the tournament, Punjab Kings are in the crucial phase, needing a win with a better net run rate to qualify for the playoffs, and needing to depend on other results.

Currently, the Punjab Kings are sitting in the 5th position of the IPL 2026 points table.

Punjab Kings won the toss and opted to Bowl. Speaking on the toss, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said, “We are going to bowl first. We have 2 changes. Marco and Vyshak comes in.”

“Feeling is exciting. It’s a do or die contest for us, I’d say it’s rather do. Never been in this position in the league stage. The boys are excited and eagerly waiting to see how it pans out at the end of the day,” concluded Iyer.

Meanwhile, LSG captain Rishabh Pant said, “Yeah, we would have bowled first as well. Wicket, you know that this is good for batting regardless bowling or batting first.

(On today’s surface) See, definitely one of the better wickets from what we have played on this season.

(Team changes) We have 2 changes. Arjun and Arshin come in since Mitch went home.

(On the season) See, everyone knows it has been a tough season for us. But there has been a lot of learning for us as a team, as individuals. We just want to say sorry to our fans. They have been coming in large numbers to support us. Especially whole UP. We want to come back stronger and we are going to give our 100 percent,” condluded Pant.

IPL 2026 LSG vs PBKS Playing 11

Lucknow Super Giants Playing 11: Josh Inglis, Arshin Kulkarni, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (c and wk), Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan.

Punjab Kings Playing 11: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.