PBKS vs LSG IPL 2026: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has won the toss and elected to bowl first against the home franchise Lucknow Super Giants in Match No. 68 of the IPL 2026. The contest will start at 07:30 pm IST.
Both teams have entered this clash on the back of defeats. The Rishabh Pant-led side is lying at the 10th position in the points table, whereas the Punjab-based franchise is at the fifth position after scoring 13 points in as many matches.
LSG vs PBKS: Toss Report
Both the captains, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant, came onto the ground for the coin toss. Shreyas Iyer won the toss and chose to bowl first.
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Talking about the changes in the playing XI, the Punjab-based franchise has made a few changes, and so has the host. Arjun Tendulkar will finally play his debut match for LSG this season.
LSG vs PBKS: Captains' Thoughts
Rishabh Pant (Lucknow Super Giants Captain): "(On what he would have done if he had won the toss.)" Yeah, we would have bowled first as well. Wicket, you know that this is good for batting regardless of bowling or batting first.
[On today's surface] See, definitely one of the better wickets from what we have played on this season. I think it is going to be a high-scoring match.
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Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings Captain): "We are going to bowl first. [changes] We have 2 changes. Marco and Vyshak comes in.
[on the feeling before the game] Feeling is exciting. It's a do-or-die contest for us; I'd say it's rather do. Never been in this position in the league stage. The boys are excited and eagerly waiting to see how it pans out at the end of the day."
Playing XIs:
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Josh Inglis, Arshin Kulkarni, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (w/c), Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh (w), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Here are the Impact substitutes for both teams:
Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Harpreet Brar, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey
Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Manimaran Siddharth, Himmat Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh