Punjab Kings bagged second straight win, beating Lucknow by 8 wickets.

The 13th match of IPL 2025 was played on 1 April between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. In this match, Lucknow batted first and scored 171 runs on the board. In response, the Punjab team won by 8 wickets by chasing the target in 16.2 overs. Arshdeep Singh, Prabhasimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Vadhera were the heroes of this victory.

Nicholas Puran played valuable innings for Lucknow

Lucknow Super Giants had a very bad start while batting first. The team lost three big wickets on a score of 35. Mitchell Marsh was sent to the pavilion by Arshdeep Singh on Golden Duck. This was followed by Eden Markram (28) and Rishabh Pant (2) were dismissed.

Nicholas Puran scored the most 44 runs in 30 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes, due to which the team was able to hit the respectable score board. Apart from this, Ayush Badoni contributed 41 runs in 33 balls and Abdul Samad made a significant contribution by scoring 27 runs in 12 balls.

For Punjab Kings, Arshdeep Singh took the most three wickets for 43 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, 1-1 wickets were included in the names of Locky Ferguson, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Punjab Kings only batting fatal

Punjab Kings had the first blow in the run chase on the score of 26. When Priyansh Arya was dismissed against Digvesh Rathi on a score of 8 runs. After this, the 84 -run partnership between Prabhasimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer almost fixed the team’s victory. Prabhasimran Singh played a brilliant innings of 69 runs in 34 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes.

Captain Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 52* runs in 30 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. At the same time, Nehal Vadhera played a brilliant innings of 43* runs in 25 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. The most successful bowler for Lucknow was Digvesh Rathi, who took two wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs.