New Chandigarh: Lucknow Super Giants continues to lose in IPL (IPL 2026). Rishabh Panth had to digest another big defeat on Sunday. Lucknow defeated by Punjab Kings by 54 runs. Sanjeev Goenka’s hat-trick of defeats in the IPL. Lucknow is under pressure in the points table after losing three matches in a row. They dropped to eighth place with 4 points in 6 matches.

And Punjab Kings look so irresistible. past IPLRunner up. This time also one of the contenders to win the trophy. The only unbeaten team in the tournament so far. 11 points after playing 6 matches Shreyas Iyerof Punjab tops the points table.

Shreyas had a home match on Sunday. Two Punjab Kings batsmen – Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly – stormed that match. Priyansh’s opening pairing with Prabhasimran Singh is being called one of the most feared of the tournament. However, Pravsimran did not get a run on Sunday. He returned with 0. Devastated Priyansh covered that lack. Yuvraj practices with Singh. He scored 93 runs off 37 balls. He batted at a strike rate of over 250. The century looked blocked. That opportunity was missed for just 7 runs. He created panic in the Lucknow camp with 4 fours and 9 sixes.

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Connolly scored 87 runs off 46 balls. Both changed the color of the match by adding 182 runs off 80 balls for the second wicket. The two also played with pacers like Mohammed Shami. Shami spent 56 runs in 4 overs. One wicket in total. Batting first, Punjab Kings made 254/7.

Chasing 255, Lucknow Super Giants were stuck at 200 runs. On this day Ayush Badoni and Mitchell Marsh opened the innings for them. Lucknow played three opening pairs in 7 matches. After Marsh scored 28-ball 40 and Badoni 21-ball 35, Pant dropped to number three and scored 23-ball 43. Aiden Markram scored 42 off 22 balls in the next over, but it wasn’t enough.





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