LSG vs PBKS 68th Match Highlight IPL 2026: The 68th match of IPL 2026 was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings at Ekana Stadium. In a do or die match, Punjab defeated Lucknow by 7 wickets. Earlier, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and invited LSG to bat. Batting first, Lucknow gave Punjab a target of 197 runs to win. Punjab achieved this target at the loss of 3 wickets with 12 balls remaining, thanks to the explosive batting of captain Shreyas Iyer and Prabhsimran Singh.

Shreyas Iyer played an unbeaten century

Captain Shreyas Iyer was the biggest hero of Punjab Kings’ victory in this important match. After the early dismissals of Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly, Iyer led the team to victory by first captaining the innings and finally batting explosively. Iyer along with Prabhsimran Singh made an important partnership of 140 runs in 76 balls for the third wicket. Captain Shreyas played an unbeaten century of 101 runs in 51 balls with a strike rate of 198. His innings included 11 fours and 5 sixes.

Shreyas Iyer got full support from wicketkeeper batsman Prabhsimran Singh. Prabhasimran scored 69 runs in 39 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, Priyansh Arya could not open his account in the match. Whereas, Cooper Connolly remained unbeaten on 18 runs and Suryansh Suryansh Shedge remained unbeaten on 9 runs. On the other hand, for Lucknow, Mohammed Shami took maximum 2 wickets. At the same time, Arjun Tendulkar, playing his first match in IPL 2026, took 1 wicket.

English’s explosive innings went in vain

Josh Inglis scored the most runs in this match for Lucknow Super Giants. He scored 72 runs in 44 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes against Punjab Kings. Earlier, he made a partnership of 43 runs with Ayush Badoni, 65 runs with captain Pant and 35 runs with Abdul Samad.

Apart from Josh, Ayush Badoni also displayed explosive batting for LSG. He scored 43 runs in 18 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. At the same time, captain Pant played a slow inning of 26 runs in 22 balls. Finally Abdul Samad opened his hands. He remained unbeaten after scoring 37 runs in 20 balls. On the other hand, Arjun Tendulkar remained unbeaten after scoring 5 runs.

Punjab Kings bowling

Punjab’s most reliable bowler Arshdeep Singh could not show his strength in this match. He gave away runs with an economy of more than 17 in 3 overs. At the same time, he did not get a single wicket. In this match against LSG, Marco Jansen and Yuzvendra Chahal took 2-2 wickets. Whereas, Azmatullah Umarzai and Shashank Singh got 1-1 wicket.