Lucknow Super Giants team has made a historic record before IPL 2026. In their last match of the league stage against Punjab Kings, LSG made the record of scoring the most runs. In fact, Lucknow batsmen have scored the maximum runs in the first over of the IPL innings.

Arshin Kulkarni and Josh Inglis started the innings for Lucknow Super Giants in the match against Punjab Kings. Lucknow team scored 16 runs in the very first over. This is the highest score made by the LSG team in the first over of an IPL innings. In the same season, Lucknow team had scored only 16 runs in the first over of the innings against Chennai Super Kings.

Arshdeep Singh started the bowling for Punjab. Josh English played all 6 balls, in which he hit four fours. Let us tell you that in the history of IPL, the record of scoring the most runs in the first over of the innings is in the name of Rajasthan Royals, who had scored 26 runs in the first over against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2023 season.

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Let us tell you that the team of Lucknow Super Giants has entered the field to save its reputation. It failed to make it to the playoffs for the second consecutive season under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant. On the other hand, Punjab Kings are still in the race for the playoffs. Punjab’s equation is such that after defeating Lucknow Super Giants, it will have to hope that Rajasthan Royals does not win its last league match.

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