Punjab Kings registered a dominant 37-run win over Lucknow Super Giants at Dharamsala in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Prabhsimran Singh‘s explosive 91 off 48 balls set the tone for PBKS’ massive total of 236/5. In reply, despite a valiant effort by Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad during the chase, LSG faltered early due to Arshdeep Singh’s opening spell. The win helped PBKS keep their playoff hopes alive with two points as they reached second in the points table. Lucknow, on the other hand, will rue another top-order collapse in a high-scoring game.
Prabhsimran Singh’s blitz and Shreyas Iyer’s force power Punjab Kings to 236 at Dharamsala
Punjab rode on an electrifying knock from Prabhsimran, who smashed 91 off 48 balls with 7 sixes and 6 fours. Despite an early loss of Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis (30 off 14) kept the tempo high. Skipper Shreyas Iyer chipped in with a fluent 45, while Shashank Singh (33 not out off 15) and Marcus Stoinis (15 unbeaten off 5) delivered a fiery finish. PBKS maintained a run rate of nearly 12 throughout, capitalizing on poor spells from Mayank Yadav, who gave 60 runs in his 4 overs and Avesh Khan, who was hammered for 57 in his four overs. Digvesh Rathi and Akash Singh were the only wicket-takers with two each, but they couldn’t prevent the carnage. PBKS ended with a mammoth 236/5, the highest total at Dharamsala this season.
Arshdeep Singh’s fiery start sinks LSG despite Ayush Badoni’s fight
LSG’s chase got off to a dreadful start, losing Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran to Arshdeep inside the powerplay. Rishabh Pant and David Miller couldn’t steady the innings, and LSG slumped to 73/5 by the 10th over. However, Badoni’s superb 74 off 40 and Samad’s 45 off 24 gave the visitors a flicker of hope with a 81-run stand. But Omarzai and Marco Jansen‘s crucial breakthroughs derailed the chase. Arshdeep’s spell of 3/16 in his allotted overs was instrumental, setting the tone early. LSG finished on 199/7, falling short by 37 runs in a chase that never truly took off after the early collapse.
Here’s how netizens reacted:
Man, if any of the top four had scored, this could’ve been different. Badoni played a gem of a knock, sad that it ended in a losing cause.
— Shivani Shukla (@iShivani_Shukla) May 4, 2025
Another dominating show by Punjab, good to see Prabhsimran converting starts into big scores this season, and Arshdeep with his early strikes ensured LSG were never in the game. Well played @PunjabKingsIPL 👏🏻 #PBKSvLSG #IPL2025 pic.twitter.com/HRcFnDWiMN
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) May 4, 2025
Good effort Badoni 👏
Becoming better and better— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 4, 2025
When Pant & Miller scammed LSG this season, it’s Badoni & Samad doing something in the middle order
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) May 4, 2025
LSG’s best batter of this season is Badoni
Period.
— 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭!𝟎𝐧_👑🚩 (@cover_drrive) May 4, 2025
Thanks to Badoni’s knock, that saved an embarrassing loss for LSG.
They have now lost both games vs PBKS this season, and Rishabh has been beyond terrible.
— Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) May 4, 2025
Ayush Badoni have been underrated throughout this season
He needs more praises and recognition
— Sivadath V H (@SivadathH68311) May 4, 2025
Man ngl, I really like badoni’s batting.
His strokeplay over covers is a thing to watch both against spinners & pacers.
— Nishant 🏏 (@_Crick_Nishant) May 4, 2025
Ayush Badoni did his best to decrease the NRR of Punjab🔥🔥
— Harsh (@HARSHOP876) May 4, 2025
Punjab Kings go up to second spot in the IPL 2025 points table 👏#Cricket #PBKSvLSG #PunjabKings #IPL2025 pic.twitter.com/zZPw805zoh
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) May 4, 2025
