Having been put to bat first, LSG's opening batsman Arshin Kulkarni was dismissed on a one-ball duck. Fellow opening batsman Josh Inglis played a stunning knock of 72 runs, which came in 44 balls. His knock also included nine boundaries and two maximums (Pic: X/@LucknowIPL)

Nicholas Pooran departed on two runs in seven balls. Ayush Badoni delivered a knock of 43 runs off 18 balls, including five boundaries and three maximums (Pic: X/@LucknowIPL)

Later, captain Rishabh Pant returned to the pavilion after scoring 26 runs in 22 balls, which included three boundaries. Mukul Choudhary also lost his wicket on one ball in three balls. Abdul Samad and Arjun Tendulkar stayed unbeaten. Facing 20 balls, Samad scored 37 runs, with the help of three boundaries and the same number of maximums, whereas Tendulkar scored five runs in five balls. With this, the Kings posted a total of 196 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs against Lucknow (Pic: File Pic)

Punjab's Yuzvendra Chahal returned with the figures of two wickets for 25 runs in four overs. Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, and Shashank Singh claimed one wicket each. Arshdeep Singh and Vijaykumar Vyshak went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against the Super Giants (Pic: X/@PunjabKingsIPL)

It will be interesting to see if PBKS' skipper Shreyas Iyer manages to deliver a big knock tonight to keep his team's playoffs hopes alive (Pic: X/@PunjabKingsIPL)