LSG's journey in the IPL ended with a defeat, while Punjab Kings secured a victory.

In IPL 2026 Match No. 68, Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 7 wickets at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.

Batting first, Lucknow Super Giants posted a total of 196 runs. In reply, Punjab Kings were powered by a match-winning knock from captain Shreyas Iyer, who remained unbeaten on 101 runs. Punjab chased down the target in just 18 overs, scoring 197 runs to seal a 7-wicket victory.

This was Lucknow Super Giants' final match of the season, but the team failed to end their IPL campaign with a victory.

Lucknow Super Giants gave Arjun Tendulkar an opportunity to play today. It was his first match for LSG this season, after not being included in the playing XI for the previous 13 matches.

So far this season, Lucknow Super Giants have played 14 matches, winning only 4, while suffering defeats in the remaining 10 games.

This match was very special for Punjab Kings, as the team had lost their previous six matches. With this victory, Punjab finally ended their losing streak and kept their hopes alive for a place in the IPL playoffs.

So far this season, Punjab Kings have played 14 matches, winning 7 and losing 6.

Lucknow Super Giants posted a strong total in the match, with Josh Inglis scoring the highest for the team with 72 runs off 44 balls, including 9 fours and 2 sixes. Ayush Badoni also played an impressive innings, scoring 46 runs off just 18 balls at a brilliant strike rate, smashing 5 fours and 3 sixes.

After that, Abdul Samad remained unbeaten with 37 runs off 20 balls for Lucknow Super Giants, while captain Rishabh Pant scored 26 runs. However, the rest of the batting lineup failed to make much impact, with Arshin Kulkarni dismissed for 0, Nicholas Pooran scoring just 2 runs, Mukul Choudhary adding 1 run, and Arjun Tendulkar remaining not out on 5 runs.

In Punjab Kings' batting innings, captain Shreyas Iyer played a match-winning knock of 101 runs not out, smashing 11 fours and 5 sixes. He was well supported by Prabhsimran Singh, who scored 69 runs off 38 balls, including 7 fours and 2 sixes.

The other batsmen for Punjab Kings scored: Priyansh Arya made 0 runs, Cooper Connolly scored 18 runs, while Suryansh Shedge remained not out on 3 runs.

Josh Inglis, Arshin Kulkarni, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (c) (wk), Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan

Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal