IPL 2025 Factors Desk, Orange Cap, Purple Cap: Punjab Kings Acquire Massive Win Over LSG

Punjab Kings registered a 37-run win over Lucknow Super Giants of their IPL 2025 recreation at Dharamsala on Sunday. The victory helped PBKS acquire two spots within the desk and transfer to the second place with 15 factors from 11 matches. Kolkata Knight Riders too registered a slender one-run win over Rajasthan Royals earlier within the day and rose to the sixth spot with 11 factors to their credit score from as many matches. Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Virat Kohli continues to have the Orange Cap with 505 runs in 11 matches, whereas Gujarat Titans pacer Prasidh Krishna additionally holds the Purple Cap with 19 wickets from 10 video games.

Rishabh Pant once more struggled to a low rating as his Lucknow Super Giants group slumped to a fourth defeat in 5 IPL video games, dropping by 37 runs to the Punjab Kings on Sunday.

Opener Prabhsimran Singh struck 91 off 48 balls to steer Punjab to 236-5, helped by a number of spectacular cameos on the Kings’ second house in Dharamsala.

Arshdeep Singh then returned good figures of 3-16 as Lucknow may solely make 199-7 in reply. Pant fell for a 17-ball 18 in one other failure for the India star.

Pant, who was snapped up by LSG for a file value of $3.21 million within the November public sale, couldn’t discover any fluency throughout his keep regardless of hitting two fours and one six.

The wicketkeeper-batsman has mustered solely 128 runs from 10 innings this season.

Lucknow sit seventh within the desk, 4 factors outdoors the fourth and ultimate play-off spot with three video games remaining.

Punjab climbed to second behind leaders Royal Challengers Bengaluru after their seventh win of the marketing campaign.

Lucknow had been by no means of their chase after left-arm seamer Arshdeep struck twice within the area of 4 balls in his second over to ship again Mitchell Marsh, for a duck, after which Aiden Markram, for 13.

He dismissed the damaging Nicholas Pooran for six earlier than Pant tried to rebuild in a scratchy innings that was ended by Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai.

Omarzai quickly despatched again David Miller for 11 to place Lucknow in additional hassle at 73-5.

Ayush Badoni, who top-scored with 74, and Abdul Samad, who hit 45, placed on a valiant stand of 81 however may solely cut back the margin of defeat.

Earlier, Australia’s Josh Inglis, who hammered a fast 30, and Prabhsimran lay the foundations for Punjab’s imposing complete with a second-wicket partnership of 48.

Skipper Shreyas Iyer took cost after Inglis’ departure and made 45 in a partnership of 78 with Prabhsimran, who survived a dropped catch by Pooran when on 21.

Leg-spinner Digvesh Rathi denied Prabhsimran a century, however Shashank Singh, who struck an unbeaten 33, and Marcus Stoinis, who made 15 not out off 5 balls, ensured Punjab completed strongly.

(With AFP Inputs)