Lucknow Super Giants end their IPL 2026 league campaign at home against Punjab Kings, a side with far more riding on the result. LSG have won only 4 of 13 matches under Rishabh Pant and are out of the playoff race. They did pile up 220 against Rajasthan Royals last time, but the bowlers could not defend it.
Batting has been LSG’s positive. Mitchell Marsh has made 563 runs and remains in the Orange Cap discussion, with Josh Inglis starting alongside him, while Nicholas Pooran needs to find consistency in the middle order. The bowling is the problem: Prince Yadav has 16 wickets but has been expensive, and Akash Singh, Mohsin Khan and Mayank Yadav are asked to strike early.
Punjab Kings, led by Shreyas Iyer, topped the table for a spell but then lost six games in succession and slipped to fifth after the defeat to RCB. They need to win and also rely on other results. Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya have both passed 700 runs, and Cooper Connolly leads the middle order with 473. The concern is the attack, which has conceded 200-plus in six of its last eight games; Arshdeep Singh has 14 wickets at an economy of 9.78. On balance, PBKS’s firepower and motivation can see them through.
