LUCKNOW: 23/05/2026: PBKS Player Shreyas Iyer celebrates after scoring Century and winning the match during Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, Twenty-20 cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on May 23, 2026. Photo: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap/ The Hindu | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP

Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets on Saturday to move to fourth in the points table and stay in the hunt for the Playoffs.

Captain Shreyas Iyer whose brilliant maiden IPL century helped PBKS to victory and had the most impact by a player across both teams in the contest.

Yuzvendra Chahal’s two wicket haul also proved to be a gamechanger, the second most impactful performance of the night.

LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS

Arshin Kulkarni- 2.5/10: 0 off 1 ball

Josh Inglis- 7/10: 72 off 44 balls; nine fours, two sixes

Nicholas Pooran- 1.5/10: 2 off 7 balls

Rishabh Pant- 4/10: 26 off 22 balls; three fours

Abdul Samad- 5.5/10: 37* off 20 balls; three fours, three sixes

Ayush Badoni- 7.5/10: 43 off 18 balls; five fours, three sixes

Mukul Choudhary- 4/10: 1 of 3 balls

Arjun Tendulkar- 5/10: 5 of 5 balls; 1/36 in four overs

Mohsin Khan- 2/10: 0/48 in four overs

Prince Yadav- 3.5/10: 0/32 in three overs

Digvesh Rathi- 2.5/10: 0/39 in three overs

Mohammed Shami- 7/10: 2/45 in four overs

PUNJAB KINGS

Priyansh Arya- 2.5/10: 0 off 1 ball

Prabhsimran Singh- 7.5/10: 69 off 39 balls; seven fours, two sixes

Cooper Connolly- 4/10: 18 off 10 balls; four fours

Shreyas Iyer- 9.5/10: 101* off 51 balls; 11 fours, five sixes

Suryansh Shedge- 4.5/10: 9 off 7 balls; one four

Shashank Singh- 5.5/10: 1/29 in three overs

Azmatullah Omarzai- 6/10: 1/29 in three overs

Marco Jansen- 7/10: 2/33 in four overs

Vijaykumar Vysakh- 4.5/10: 0/26 in three overs

Arshdeep Singh- 1/10: 0/52 in three overs

Yuzvendra Chahal- 8.5/10: 2/25 in four overs

Published on May 24, 2026