Lucknow Super Giants will face Punjab Kings in the 68th match of the ongoing IPL 2026 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Saturday. The equation is simple for Punjab Kings, they need to win this contest and hope that other results go their way.
One might not have imagined that Punjab Kings would find themselves in such a hole after they had won the first six out of their seven matches, with one even ending in a no-result. However, here they are, in a pickle situation after losing their last six games.
PBKS have no one but themselves to blame as they could not take their chances. As far as the qualification scenario is concerned, PBKS will need to beat LSG and if KKR beat DC, then both teams will get to 15 points each; PBKS have a head start on NRR at 0.227 to KKR’s 0.011. Shreyas Iyer’s team will also need to hope that RR loses their final game against Mumbai Indians.
Meanwhile, PBKS’ top-order has failed to give them the starts, which they were giving in the first half of the league phase.
On the other hand, it has been a disappointing season for Lucknow Super Giants and Rishabh Pant’s team would want to end their campaign on a high. Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglis have provided promising starts to the team in the last couple of games and they would look to carry the good show.
Head to Head: Matches: 7, Won by LSG: 3, Won by PBKS: 4
Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Mukul Choudhary, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Akash Maharaj Singh, Prince Yadav, Josh Inglis, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, George Linde, Anrich Nortje, Matthew Breetzke, Mohsin Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari
Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Ben Dwarshuis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nehal Wadhera, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash, Vishal Nishad
