Squads:
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Avesh Khan, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh
Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Nehal Wadhera, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Inglis
Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), 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
Toss Update:
Punjab Kings have won the toss and opted to field first in the crucial game against the Lucknow Super Giants at the iconic Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on 1st April 2025.
Preview:
Punjab Kings have had almost a week’s break following their first match which they won by 11 runs by beating the Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. They will face a resurgent Lucknow Super Giants on April 1st, Monday at the Ekana Stadium as it will be the former’s first home game of IPL 2025.
Although Punjab Kings’ batting unit stood up, led by Shreyas Iyer’s 97, they will need their bowling attack to step up moving forward as the margin of winning was only 11 despite amassing 243 against the Titans. With the Ekana Stadium known to favour spinners, someone like Harpreet Brar could get an opportunity.
Meanwhile, the Super Giants will have breathed a sigh of relief after cantering their way to victory over the SunRisers Hyderabad by gunning down 191 comfortably. With all their facets clicking well against the IPL 2024 runners-up, they will be optimistic of taking their form forward ahead of facing the Punjab Kings.
