Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants Head to Head, Stats, Pitch Report, Playing 11 & Prediction for Match 29 of the IPL 2026 in PCA Stadium.
Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants arrives on Sunday evening with a number on the line that nobody is talking about. Yuzvendra Chahal, 200 IPL wickets and counting, bowls at a side that desperately needs someone to stop the bleeding.
LSG have won two and lost three. Their batting reads fine on paper until you reach Nicholas Pooran — franchise legend, all-time leading run scorer for this franchise — averaging 8.40 this season at a strike rate of 76.36. In T20 cricket, that is not a slump. That is a crisis. And Chahal will find it.
On the other side, PBKS are the only unbeaten team in IPL 2026. Four wins. One no-result. Table toppers. They come into this Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants fixture having already chased 220 at this exact ground against SRH — and made it look routine.
Shreyas Iyer, 203 runs in five matches at a strike rate of 187.96, is playing like a captain who has already decided how this season ends.
This is also the first time these two sides have ever met at New Chandigarh. No historical template to fall back on. No familiar ground for LSG to read. PBKS know every blade of grass here. LSG are arriving somewhere they have never been before.
In the PBKS vs LSG head to head, the sides are now locked at 3–3 in recent memory. That record ends tonight.
Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants Standing
| # | Team | P | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PBKS | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +1.067 | 9 | WWNWW |
| 2 | RCB | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | +1.171 | 8 | LWWLW |
| 3 | RR | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +0.889 | 8 | LWWWW |
| 4 | DC | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +0.310 | 6 | WLLWW |
| 5 | GT | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +0.018 | 6 | WWWLL |
| 6 | SRH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | +0.576 | 4 | WLLWL |
| 7 | LSG | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -0.804 | 4 | LLWWL |
| 8 | CSK | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -0.846 | 4 | WWLLL |
| 9 | MI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1.076 | 2 | LLLLW |
| 10 | KKR | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1.149 | 1 | LLLNL |
Where to Watch Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2025 Match
| Match | Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants |
| Stadium | PCA New Cricket Stadium, Tira |
| Date & Time | Sunday, April 19 , 07:30 P.M. (IST) |
| Live Streaming | JioHotstar |
PBKS vs LSG Head to Head Records
| Matches | 6 |
| PBKS Wons | 3 |
| LSG Wons | 3 |
| Tied | NIL |
| No Result | NIL |
PBKS vs LSG Pitch Report
The Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur is not the flat deck visitors expect. Grass on the surface gives pace bowlers genuine carry and bounce through the powerplay. Arshdeep Singh has owned that window here. Mohammad Shami will want the same tonight.
Evening start at 7:30 PM IST brings dew from over 12 onwards. The ball skids. Variations stop working. Defending becomes significantly harder in the final five overs, which is exactly why Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants toss matters more than most PBKS vs LSG head to head stats suggest.
PBKS have won 4 of 11 at this venue. The ground is not a fortress. It is a fair fight.
Middle overs slow down slightly. Spinners and cutters find grip from over ten. Chahal’s over 220 IPL wickets did not come on flat pitches. He will be dangerous here.
SportsDribble Par Score: 175 to 185. Anything above 185 puts the chase under serious pressure.
Weather Report
The temperature would be around 26-32 degrees Celsius during the match time; when the game starts, it will be 32 degrees Celsius. The humidity will be around 26% – 39%. The wind will blow from north9at 11 km/h. There is a no chance of rain.
PBKS vs LSG Playing XI (Probable)
For Punjab Kings Playing 11
Prabhsimran Singh(WK), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyash Iyer (C), Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Player: Nehal Wadhera
For Lucknow Super Giants Playing 11
Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (C), Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Chaudhary(WK), Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh, Prince Yadav
Impact Player: George Linde
Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants Stats
- Nicholas Pooran leads the batting chart in this fixture with 131 runs — the irony being he averages 8 this season
- Arshdeep Singh leads active bowlers with 10 wickets against LSG plays tonight
- Avesh Khan leaked 26 runs in a single over against PBKS in IPL 2025, including three fours and two sixes
- Arshdeep Singh dismissed Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram inside the powerplay in IPL 2025, reducing LSG to 38 for 3 — their lowest powerplay score that season
- Prabhsimran Singh smashed Mayank Yadav for 60 runs in four overs in IPL 2025 — Mayank’s joint-worst T20 figures ever
PBKS vs LSG Prediction
Punjab Kings have not lost a game this season. Lucknow Super Giants have lost three. That gap is not just about points — it is about momentum, confidence, and the weight a struggling side carries into a hostile venue they have never visited before.
Shreyas Iyer has scored 203 runs at a strike rate of 187 in four innings. Prabhsimran Singh sits at 211 runs this season averaging 70. Those are not lucky numbers. That is a top order that knows exactly what it is doing at this ground.
LSG’s middle order is in freefall. Nicholas Pooran, their most experienced batter, has managed 41 runs in four innings. Yuzvendra Chahal, the first bowler in IPL history to 200 wickets, will target that fragility from over ten onwards when the pitch grips.
Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants head to head stands level at 3-3 in recent meetings. Tonight it breaks.
SportsDribble Prediction: PBKS win by 7 wickets. Chahal takes 2. Pooran dismissed under 15.
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