IPL 2026 Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) LIVE Cricket Score and Match Updates: Punjab Kings need to chase down a target of 197 to stay in contention for a spot in the playoffs. They managed to keep a lid on the Lucknow Super Giants, with the latter mainly being buoyed by the brilliance of Josh Inglis. The Seven unbeaten games. Six winless matches thereafter. No high-flying team has endured such wavering patterns within a season quite like the Punjab Kings have this year. So much so that their Playoffs fate lies very much on the brink, rests on a prayer and a performance that will break them from a rut.
In the defeats that have come hitting hard one after the other, Punjab’s strengths have unravelled. The lack of a stable middle-order, skipper Shreyas Iyer’s indifferent run when faced with the early departures of the openers, and a fluctuating bowling cohort have all contributed to Punjab’s downfall.
But in Lucknow, Iyer & Co. run into a team that has lacked colour and character all through the season. Two points will be a matter of survival for Punjab, still relying on tomorrow’s results for qualification. For Rishabh Pant and his men, a win will be about wiping the slate clean after a gruelling summer.