A blockbuster season is about to end, and with the last few matches of its league stage remaining, it is now the LSG vs PBKS of IPL 2026, Match No. 68, going to be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow at 7:30 PM IST, and both the teams are coming off a loss in their last match played, so neither of them is carrying momentum.
If we take a look at the points table, Punjab Kings are standing at No. 5 with 13 points, and they’ve lost their last 5 matches as well, whereas Lucknow Super Giants are standing at the rock bottom at No. 10 at the points table with only 8 points, and they’ve won only 2 matches out of the last 5 they had played.
LSG vs PBKS: Ekana Pitch, A Score of 160 is Enough to Win the Match?
It is LSG vs PBKS going to be played on the historic ground of Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium. The pitch here consists of black soil and is spin-friendly, and later, as the match progresses, it will get slow and low. Ekana Stadium has been a low-scoring ground in IPL 2026.
And it requires strict lines and bowling at the correct spots. A score of 160+ will be considered a fighting total here for the team that bats first, and later in the second innings, the spinners will shine, so the team who will win the toss must choose to bowl first.
LSG vs PBKS: Shreyas Iyer Won the Toss and Elected to Field First
It is LSG vs PBKS, and the season has come to its ending phase. Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant both look confident, and Shreyas Iyer called tails, won the toss, and chose to bowl first. He made a few changes in the squad as well, as Marco Jansen comes back, and they are looking to win the match.
Rishabh Pant also wanted to bowl first, and there are two changes in the Lucknow arena as well, as Mitchell Marsh misses the last match of the league stage. Rishabh made a statement that Lucknow will come back stronger next season and give them a good show today.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Playing XI
- Rishabh Pant (WK/C)
- Josh Inglis
- Arshin Kulkarni
- Nicholas Pooran
- Ayush Badoni
- Abdul Samad
- Mukul Choudhary
- Arjun Tendulkar
- Mohammed Shami
- Prince Yadav
- Mohsin Khan
Substitutes
- Shahbaz Ahmed
- Digvesh Singh
- M Siddharth
- Himmat Singh
- Akash Singh
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Playing XI
- Shreyas Iyer (C)
- Prabhsimran Singh (WK)
- Priyansh Arya
- Cooper Connolly
- Suryansh Shedge
- Shashank Singh
- Azmatullah Omarzai
- Marco Jansen
- Vijaykumar Vyshak
- Arshdeep Singh
- Yuzvendra Chahal
Substitutes
- Harpreet Brar
- Marcus Stoinis
- Xavier Bartlett
- Vishnu Vinod
- Pravin Dubey
