Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are to face off against each other on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Both the teams are coming with a win. So watching this match is going to be interesting. It is the overall 13th match of the IPL 2025 season.
Key highlights
The match is to be played on April 1, 2025, in Lucknow
Currently, LSG at 3rd position and PBKS at 5th position in the Points table
Bowler friendly ground
Match Details - PBKS vs LSG
Toss Time – 7: PM IST
Match Start Time – 7:30 PM IST
Venue - Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Live - Star Sports (TV), Jio Hotstar (WEB and OTT)
Points Table - Currently, LSG is at 3rd position and PBKS is at 5th position in the Points table. Both teams have 2-2 points.
Squads of Both PBKS and LSG
PBKS Squad
Captain - Shreyas Iyer
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Azmatullah Omarzai, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Nehal Wadhera, Praveen Dubey, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Inglis
LSG Squad
Captain - Rishabh Pant(wk)
Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Manimaran Siddharth, Himmat Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Aryan Juyal, RS Hangargekar, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Akash Deep, Mayank Yadav, Shamar Joseph, Arshin Kulkarni
Probable Playing XI
PBKS
Prabhsimran Singh (w), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Lockie Ferguson/Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak/Harpreet Brar
LSG
Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav
Previous Match
Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings has played only one match in this IPL season till now. They played this match in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. They posted above 200 runs for GT, which Gujarat Titans weren’t able to chase down. Thus, Punjab Kings has won their 1st IPL match of 2025. And now they are going to play their 2nd match.
Lucknow Super Giants
Lucknow Super Giants has played 2 matches till now and they have won one. LSG has lost their 1st match to DC (Delhi Capitals). It was a tight fight. LSG scored 209 runs and DC chased them with 3 balls remaining. DC won this match by one wicket. However, Rishabh Pant was out for a duck in this match.
LSG’s 2nd match was with SRH. In this match, LSG restricted SRH to 190 runs. And later chased the target with 23 balls left. LSG won this match with 5 wickets remaining. But in this match also Pant scored only 15 runs from 15 balls.
Key Players to Watch
LSG’s Captain Rishabh Pant is expected to perform well. Till now he hasn’t got many runs to his name in this season.
The other player to watch is Glenn Maxwell. In 1st match, he was out for a duck. Although, if taken review, he would have survived.
Also, runs haven’t come from Prabhsimran Singh’s bat. PBKS will be expecting a good start from him.
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