At a high scoring encounter in Mullanpur, Punjab Kings won against the Lucknow Super Giants by 54 runs. Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly contributed 93 and 87 runs respectively. Thanks to these two players, Punjab Kings scored a very high score of 254/7 which is their record for this season.
Even though Mitchell Marsh and Rishabh Pant performed well, it was still not enough to achieve victory for LSG because the total score was very high. The bowlers of Punjab including Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal performed superbly.
Due to this victory, Punjab Kings are leading the league standings with 5 wins and a No result out of 6 games played. On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants have lost 4 matches out of 6.
IPL 2026 points table
| Rank | Team | P | W | L | NR | NRR | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | +1.420 | 11 |
| 2 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | +1.171 | 8 |
| 3 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | +0.599 | 8 |
| 4 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | +0.566 | 6 |
| 5 | Delhi Capitals (DC) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +0.310 | 6 |
| 6 | Gujarat Titans (GT) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +0.018 | 6 |
| 7 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -0.780 | 4 |
| 8 | Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1.173 | 4 |
| 9 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | -0.879 | 3 |
| 10 | Mumbai Indians (MI) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1.076 | 2 |