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For IPL 2026 match 68, Lucknow Super Giants are hosting Punjab Kings at the Ekana Stadium. LSG are already out of the tournament but Punjab Kings have a lot at line because a defeat would send them packing as well.
For the unversed, both teams are fresh off defeats. LSG are placed 10th on the table while PBKS are 5th with 13 points in 13 matches.
LSG vs PBKS: Toss Report
For the toss, two captains - Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer walked down the track for the coin flip. The luck favoured Shreyas Iyer as Punjab Kings opted to field first.
Shedding light on the team changes, PBKS have made a couple of changes and so did LSG. The highlight is that Arjun Tendulkar has finally got a match to play in IPL 2026 which has come in their last league stage match of the tournament.
LSG vs PBKS: Playing XI
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Josh Inglis, Arshin Kulkarni, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (c and wk), Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan
LSG vs PBKS: Captains Thoughts
Rishabh Pant (Lucknow Super Giants Captain): "(On what he would have done if he had won the toss) Yeah, we would have bowled first as well. Wicket, you know that this is good for batting regardless bowling or batting first.
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[On today's surface] See, definitely one of the better wickets from what we have played on this season. I think it is going to be a high-scoring match.
Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings Captain): "We are going to bowl first. [changes] We have 2 changes. Marco and Vyshak comes in.
[on the feeling before the game] Feeling is exciting. It's a do or die contest for us, I'd say it's rather do. Never been in this position in the league stage. The boys are excited and eagerly waiting to see how it pans out at the end of the day."
LSG vs PBKS: Impact Subs
Lucknow Super Giants: Himmat Singh, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Maimaran Siddharth, Akash Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed
For LSG, Akash Singh will return to the playing XI in the 2nd innings when the Rishabh Pant-led side will come to bowl.
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Punjab Kings: Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Praveen Dubey
For Punjab Kings, they have just 3 overseas players in the playing XI and there is this possibility that Marcu Stoinis returns to bat in the 2nd innings.
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