Dharamshala, May 5 (H.S.): In the 54th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants in a high-scoring contest by 37 runs. With this win, the Punjab team has reached second place in the points table with 15 points from 11 matches.

Chasing a target of 237 runs set by Punjab, Lucknow did not have a good start and lost Mitch Marsh without scoring any runs in the third over of the innings. Then, on the fifth ball of the same over, the other opener Aiden Markram was dismissed for 13 runs. The team continued to lose wickets at regular intervals. Nicholas Pooran scored 6 runs, captain Rishabh Pant managed 18 runs, and David Miller returned to the pavilion with 11 runs. However, there was some resistance from Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad, who shared an 81-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Abdul Samad got out after scoring 45 runs. After that, Badoni had a short partnership of 34 runs with Avesh Khan, but it was not enough. Lucknow managed to score only 199 runs in 20 overs. Badoni played a knock of 74 runs, while Avesh Khan remained not out at 19 runs.

For Punjab, Arshdeep Singh took three wickets, and Azmatullah Omarzai claimed two wickets. Marco Jansen and Yuzvendra Chahal each picked up one wicket.

Earlier, after losing the toss and opting to bat, Punjab scored a massive total of 236 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. For Punjab, opener Prabhsimran Singh played a brilliant innings of 91 runs, receiving strong support from Josh Inglis (30 runs) and captain Shreyas Iyer (45 runs). At the end, Shashank Singh scored 33 runs off 15 balls, and Marcus Stoinis contributed 15 runs off 5 balls, taking the team’s score to 236.

For Lucknow, Aakash Singh and Digvijay Rathi each took two wickets, while Prince Yadav accounted for one wicket.

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