TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, match number 29, was a high-scoring match as Punjab Kings (PBKS) took on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). In the high scoring match, the Shreyas Iyer-led team maintained their winning momentum by defeating the Super Giants by 54 runs. LSG suffered its fourth defeat of the season.
LSG won the toss and elected to play first, making two changes, with M Siddharth and Mohsin Khan nodding. Punjab fielded the same team that featured in their win against Mumbai Indians (MI) in their previous match. It was the second match of Sunday’s double-header and fans arrived in large numbers at the PCA Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in New Chandigarh.
The Priyansh and Cooper massacre in New Chandigarh
Mohammed Shami provided the start the Super Giants needed, dismissing Prabhsimran Singh in the first over. However, Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly had other ideas as the two batsmen caused absolute carnage in the match, hitting LSG players all over the park. The two batsmen put on 182 runs for the second wicket.
Priyansh Arya, who missed out on a well-deserved century when he was dismissed with a score of 93 off 37 balls, and Connolly returned after playing a ferocious 87-run knock. putting the Kings in the driver’s seat and from there, the PBKS middle order took control. Shreyas Iyer didn’t have the best game, scoring five runs.
Marcus Stoinis ran out off the last ball of the over, scoring 29 runs, and some runs from Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh helped the home team post a mammoth total of 254/7 in their 20 overs.
LSG couldn’t keep up in the middle overs
While chasing, LSG tried a new opening combination with Ayush Badoni opening with Mitchell Marsh; They got off to a good start, scoring 61 in the power play. However, after that, they couldn’t handle the pressure in the middle overs and the wickets continued to fall with Rishabh Pant scoring 43 runs.
Later, Aiden Markram and Mukul Choudhary did their best as the two batsmen finished with a score of 204/5. Markram was dismissed off the penultimate ball for 42 runs, and Mukul remained unbeaten on 21 runs.
Shreyas Iyer
After the match, Shreyas Iyer was happy with his team’s performance and was amazed by the knocks of Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly during the first innings. During the post-match presentation, Shreyas Iyer also praised his players.
Shreyas Iyer said: “An exceptional partnership, some shots were amazing. Hitting the fast bowlers with the back straight. The composure in the middle overs was sensational. I was talking to Cooper and Arya, I said let’s compete for the highest number of sixes. The prize is my bat, it doesn’t make sense but I hope it makes us happy.”
“When you leave the players alone, I think they just deliver. That’s our mantra. I don’t tell them how to do their specific innings, they have their patterns set. Ricky motivates right before the game, I chip, the guys come in and deliver. Most of our players are international players with immense experience. We have plans against certain batsmen, it’s all about execution. They just shouldn’t get complacent.”
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