Story Line
IPL 2025 – Match number 54 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala will take place between Punjab Kings(PBKS) vs Lucknow Super Giants(LSG) on Sunday, May 05. PBKS and LSG stand in 4th and 6th positions respectively in the points table.
| Match Date | Sunday, May 04, 2025 |
| Time | 7:30 PM |
| Venue | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala |
In IPL 2025 season, As a host Punjab Kings records 2-2. Both teams are searching for the rhythm in their critical phase. LSG batted first in all the five matches between PBKS and LSG.
PBKS find themselves in a stronger position then LSG in point table. LSG have four matches to go and they need to win as many as possible to stay in playoff race.
Probable playing XII squads :
| Punjab Kings(PBKS) | Lucknow Super Giants(LSG) |
| Priyansh Arya | Aiden Markram |
| Prabhsimran Singh | Mitchell Marsh |
| Shreyas Iyer (c) | Nicholas Pooran |
| Josh Inglis (wk) | Rishabh Pant (c & wk) |
| Nehal Wadhera | David Miller |
| Shashank Singh | Abdul Samad |
| Marco Jansen | Ayush Badoni |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | Digvesh Singh Rathi |
| Suryansh Shedge | Ravi Bishnoi |
| Xavier Bartlett | Avesh Khan |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | KuPrince Yadav |
| Arshdeep Singh | Mayank Yadav |
Key Performers :
For PBKS team
Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 10 wickets agains right-handers batsman in this season. Arshdeep Singh is good match-up against Markram and Marsh. Shreyas Iyer the captain of PBKS also have good form and made runs in last match.
For LSG team
Due to the finger injury, Glen Maxwell has been ruled out of this IPL 2025 season. Australian Mitchell Owen, will be the replacement of Glen Maxwell.
In middle overs, Digvesh Singh Rathi has taken five wickets with good economy rate. With four fifties, Nicholas Pooran scored 349 runs at an average of 69.8 with a strike rate of 215.43.
Pitch Report:
Due to the wind in ground, its supports for seam bowling. So most of the captains winning the toss at this ground, chooses to field first in to make use of the swinging conditions.