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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Punjab Kings have defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 7 wickets. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored the first century of his IPL career and led Punjab to victory in a do-or-die match. With this victory, Punjab’s playoff hopes remain intact. PBKS now has 15 points and now its path to the playoffs mainly depends on the result of the Rajasthan vs Mumbai match.

In this match played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, LSG team batted first and scored 196 runs. In reply, Punjab chased the target in 18 overs. The match winning shot came from the bat of captain Shreyas Iyer, who ensured Punjab’s victory by hitting sixes and also scored his first century in 51 balls.

Punjab’s hope remains intact

Punjab Kings have played all their 14 league matches and now have 15 points. His net run rate has become +0.309. Now if Punjab wants to go to the playoffs, it will have to wait for the results of tomorrow’s matches. Punjab will first have to expect the defeat of Rajasthan Royals at the hands of Mumbai Indians. After that, we have to hope that if Kolkata Knight Riders defeats Delhi Capitals, then their victory is not by a huge margin.

Shreyas Iyer’s first century

Shreyas Iyer has scored a century for the first time in his 12 years of IPL career. He scored 101 runs in 51 balls against Lucknow Super Giants. In this innings he hit 11 fours and 5 sixes. Shreyas has also scored 32 half-centuries in his IPL career.

Prabhsimran Singh also had a big contribution in Punjab’s victory over Lucknow. Prabhsimran Singh played a valuable inning of 69 runs in 39 balls. His innings came at a time when Punjab had lost two wickets at the score of 22. Prabhasimran also made a partnership of 140 runs with captain Shreyas Iyer.

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Only five matches are left in the league stage of IPL 2026. Only one slot is left for the playoffs, because Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans have secured a place in the last-4. There is only one place left in the playoffs, but there is a fight for it between five teams. Actually, the key to playoff qualification is in the hands of only one team, once it wins, all the other teams will be out.

Actually, the decision of playoff cannot be taken till 24th May, because now the entire game depends on Rajasthan Royals. Even if the remaining four teams, Chennai Super Kings, Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals, win their last matches, their place in the playoffs will not be confirmed till May 24.

Rajasthan has the key to playoff

In fact, among the remaining five teams, Rajasthan Royals is the only one which can reach 16 points. Talking about the remaining four teams, Punjab and Kolkata have 13 points each. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals have 12-12 points. Suppose Punjab and Kolkata win their respective last matches, then they will have maximum 15 points. Whereas Chennai and Delhi will be able to reach 14 points if they win.

Since Rajasthan Royals currently have 14 points and their last league match is to be held on 24th May. If Rajasthan wins over Mumbai Indians in that match, then RR will qualify for the playoffs. If Rajasthan loses in that match, then the way for the remaining four teams to go to the playoffs will open or not. At present, except Rajasthan, all four teams are dependent on each other for the playoffs.

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In the 65th match of IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets. After the victory in this match on Wednesday, KKR came to sixth place in the points table and the battle for the playoffs has become even more exciting. Now 5 matches of the league stage are left, the hopes of qualifying for 5 teams including Punjab Kings, Chennai Super Kings are alive and there is only 1 place.

In this match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bowl first. Mumbai Indians had a bad start due to the lethal bowling of Saurabh Dubey and Cameron Green. In the form of Suryakumar Yadav, the team had suffered its fourth blow in the powerplay itself. MI had scored 147 runs in this rain-affected match. While chasing the target, Manish Pandey played an important inning of 45 runs, for which he received the POTM Award. Rovman Powell scored 40 runs in 30 balls. KKR won the match by 4 wickets with 7 balls remaining.

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR’s last match is with Delhi Capitals, winning which the team will reach 15 points. With this, for Kolkata to reach the playoffs, Punjab and Rajasthan Royals should lose their last matches, this will qualify Kolkata. Then it will not matter to them whether CSK wins or loses.

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Rajasthan Royals

RR’s last match is with Mumbai Indians, winning which the team will reach the playoffs. In this situation, Rajasthan will not make any difference to any team’s win or loss, because they will have 16 points. But if Rajasthan loses then they would need CSK, PBKS and KKR to lose their last match.

punjab kings

PBKS’s last match is with LSG, winning which the team will reach 15 points. Along with victory, they need Rajasthan and Kolkata to lose their last matches. If Kolkata also wins its last match, then the net run rate will decide who will go to the playoffs.

Chennai Super Kings

For CSK, reaching the playoffs will be nothing less than a miracle. Chennai needs to win its last match, with Rajasthan, Punjab and Kolkata losing their matches. In this situation, RR, CSK and DC will have 14 points each and then the net run rate will decide who will go to the playoffs.

Delhi Capitals

DC can also reach 14 points by winning the last match, but this is not enough for them too. Along with a big win, they need Chennai, Punjab and Rajasthan also to lose their last match. In this situation, RR and DC will have 14 points each and then the team with better net run rate will qualify for the playoffs.

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Teams reaching playoff

Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad are the three teams that have confirmed their place in the playoffs, the battle for the fourth spot is going on. However, there is a fight between the teams that have reached the playoffs to remain in the top-2, because those two teams get 2 chances to go to the finals.

Two important matches were played in IPL 2026 on Sunday. In the first match, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 23 runs. Whereas, in the second match, Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 5 wickets. RCB has secured the playoff ticket with its 9th win of the season.

RCB has become the first team this season to reach the playoffs. RCB now has 18 points in 13 matches. Gujarat Titans are at second place in the points table, who have 16 points in 13 matches. Sunrisers Hyderabad is at third position with 14 points in 12 matches. However, the sixth consecutive defeat has made it difficult for PBKS to reach the playoffs. Punjab Kings have 13 points in 13 matches.

The equation of Rajasthan Royals has also deteriorated to some extent due to the defeat against Delhi Capitals. RR now has 12 points from 12 matches and the team will have to depend on the results of other teams along with registering a big win in both the remaining matches. Chennai Super Kings is also at sixth position in the points table with 12 points. At the same time, Delhi Capitals is at seventh position with 12 points in 13 matches. Kolkata Knight Riders remain in the race for the playoffs with 11 points in 12 matches.

RCB’s excellent performance in the tournament continued against Punjab Kings as well. Batting first, the team scored 222 runs on the scoreboard after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. For RCB, Venkatesh Iyer batted brilliantly and scored 73 runs in just 40 balls, while Devdutt Padikkal scored 45 runs in 25 balls and Virat Kohli scored 58 runs in 37 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes.

Chasing the target of 223 runs, Punjab Kings could score only 199 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. For PBKS, Shashank Singh scored the highest 56 runs, while Cooper Connolly contributed 37 runs and Marcus Stoinis contributed 37 runs. In bowling, Rasikh Salam took 3 wickets for 36 runs from RCB. Whereas, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 2 wickets in his name.

Royal Challengers Bangalore has defeated Punjab Kings by 23 runs. Punjab’s playoff hopes have been dealt a major blow by its sixth consecutive defeat in IPL 2026. In this match played in Dharamshala, Bengaluru, batting first, scored 222 runs. Despite Shashank Singh’s fighting fifty, Punjab remained 23 runs short of the target.

This is the same Punjab Kings team which had not lost in the first seven matches of the season. If we look at the points table, Punjab has 13 points in 13 matches and is in fourth place. There is only one match left in the league stage, can just one match take Punjab to the playoffs? Know here what is the latest equation of playoffs for PBKS.

Is Punjab out?

No, Punjab Kings is still in the race for the playoffs. But after the defeat against Bengaluru, its hopes of remaining in the last-4 have reduced. Punjab has 13 points from 13 matches and has only one match left in the league stage. He has to play this last match with Lucknow Super Giants on 23 May. Lucknow is already out of the playoff race.

If Punjab wants to go to the playoffs, it will have to win the last league stage match by a big margin, which will take its total to 15 points. Since it is no longer possible for Punjab to match Gujarat and Bengaluru. This means Punjab can no longer finish in the top-2.

• Punjab should win its last match
• Sunrisers Hyderabad should lose their next two matches.
• CSK and RR could not go beyond 14 points
• Punjab’s net run rate was better than other teams

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A blockbuster match was played in IPL 2026 on Sunday, in which Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 23 runs and booked the ticket for the playoffs. On the other hand, the losing streak of Punjab Kings has been going on for the last three weeks. RCB had scored 222 runs while batting first, in response Punjab team could score only 199 runs.

Virat Kohli and Venkatesh Iyer scored half-centuries for Bengaluru. On the other hand, Shashank Singh also created a storm for Punjab and scored 56 runs. Especially the Bengaluru bowlers also performed strongly. Amidst all this, a total of 7 records were broken in the Bengaluru-Punjab match.

Most consecutive defeats in IPL

Punjab has suffered 6 consecutive defeats in IPL 2026. This is the second longest losing streak of Punjab. In the 2015 season, PBKS had lost seven consecutive matches.

• 7 defeat- 2015
• 6 Defeat – 2026
• 5 defeats – 2011

Most sixes in debut IPL season

Cooper Connolly has become the batsman who has hit the most sixes in the debut IPL season. So far he has 32 sixes in his name in IPL 2026. He left behind Sanath Jayasuriya, who had hit 31 sixes in 2008.

• 32 Six – Cooper Connolly
• 31 Six – Sanath Jayasuriya
• 28 Six – Jake Fraser McGurk

Highest score of 200+ in men’s T20 cricket

Royal Challengers Bangalore has so far scored 200 or more runs on 44 occasions in T20 cricket. In this matter, only the Indian cricket team is ahead of it, which has touched the figure of 200 runs 50 times in T20 cricket.

• 50 times – Indian cricket team
• 44 times – RCB
• 43 times – CSK

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Most wickets in an IPL season (age 35+)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has come second in terms of taking most wickets in a single IPL season at the age of 35 years or older. Kumar has taken 24 wickets so far in the IPL 2026 season. Leading this list is Imran Tahir, who took 26 wickets in the 2019 season.

• 26 wickets – Imran Tahir – 2019
• 24 wickets – Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 2026
• 22 wickets – Ashish Nehra – 2015

Most number of 200+ runs conceded in men’s T20 cricket

RCB scored 222 runs, this is the 46th time that the Punjab Kings team has conceded more than 200 runs, which is the highest in the history of Men’s T20 cricket. In second place is RCB, which has scored 200 runs against the opposition team 40 times.

• 46 times – Punjab Kings
• 40 times – Royal Challengers Bangalore
• 35 times – Delhi Capitals

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Highest half-century partnership for RCB

In this match for Bengaluru, there were three half-century partnerships of Virat Kohli-Devdutt Padikkal (76 runs), Virat Kohli-Venkatesh Iyer (60 runs), Tim David-Venkatesh Iyer (65 runs). This is the fifth time in IPL, when there were three different half-century partnerships between any RCB batsman.

Most number of 200 runs conceded under one captain

This has happened 31 times in Men’s T20 cricket when the team captained by Shreyas Iyer has scored more than 200 runs, this is the highest in history. Faf du Plessis is at second place and MS Dhoni is at third place.

• 31 times – Shreyas Iyer
• 29 times – Faf Duplessis
• 28 times – MS Dhoni

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Ever since the command of Punjab Kings came into the hands of Shreyas Iyer, it has become one of the most feared teams of IPL. However, in IPL 2026, this team lost many consecutive matches. Meanwhile, a shameful record has been added to the name of Punjab team, Punjab has become the most beaten team in any one tournament in Men’s T20 cricket.

In the 61st match of IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 222 runs by thrashing the Punjab bowlers. This is the 9th time in the IPL 2026 season that the Punjab team has given away 200 runs in an innings.

Punjab becomes the most beaten team of IPL 2026

Punjab Kings has become such a team whose bowlers have given away 200 or more runs the maximum number of times in a single T20 competition. So far in IPL 2026, a total of 9 times 200 or more runs have been scored against Punjab Kings. Pakistan’s domestic team Southern Punjab is in second place in this list, which had given 200 or more runs eight times in the National T20 Cup 2020-21.

In IPL 2025, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals have touched the 200-run mark twice each against PBKS. Whereas Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore have scored 200 or more runs once each against Punjab.

Most number of runs conceded 200 in a T20 competition

• 9 times – Punjab Kings (IPL 2026)
• 8 times – Southern Punjab (National T20 Cup 2021-21)
• 7 times – Sunrisers Hyderabad (IPL 2024)
• 7 times – Rajasthan Royals (IPL 2025)
• 7 times – Lucknow Super Giants (IPL 2025)

Punjab Kings’ bowling has flopped badly in IPL 2026. There is no bowler from Punjab even in the top-10 of the Purple Cap race. So far only Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal have been able to take 10 or more wickets for Punjab.

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In the 60th match of IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Gujarat Titans by 29 runs. By winning this match, GT could have become the first team to reach the playoffs, but KKR did not allow this to happen at the moment. Now only 10 matches are left in the league stage, out of which 2 will be held today (PBKS vs RCB and DC vs RR) and till now no team has been able to confirm its place for the playoffs.

There has been only one change in the points table after Kolkata Knight Riders’ victory against Gujarat Titans. Gujarat remains at its second position, Kolkata has moved from eighth to seventh position. This was Kolkata’s 5th win in 12 matches, the team has 11 points.

Top-4 teams and their equation to reach the playoffs

At number one is Royal Challengers Bangalore, which has won 8 out of 12 matches. Today, by defeating Punjab Kings, RCB can become the first team to reach the playoffs. Punjab has 13 points in 12 matches, the team is in fourth place. If Punjab does not win today then their chances of going to the playoffs will reduce.

Gujarat Titans remain in second place, which has won 8 out of 13 matches. Now only one match of Gujarat is left. Sunrisers Hyderabad is at third place, which has 14 points after 12 matches. SRH’s next two matches are with CSK and RCB. To go to the playoffs, they have to win at least 1 match to maintain their hopes.

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RR, CSK, KKR and DC also in the race

Rajasthan Royals, who are at number five, are facing Delhi Capitals today. RR has won 6 out of 11 matches, they have to win at least 2 out of the remaining 3 matches. Delhi is at number eight, which if it loses today, will become the third team to be out of the playoff race. Delhi will still reach only 14 points by winning both its matches.

Chennai Super Kings, situated at number six, has won 6 out of 12 matches, the team can reach 16 points by winning both its matches. Their match is with GT and SRH, these two matches will decide who will go to the playoffs.

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Kolkata Knight Riders have kept their playoff hopes alive by defeating Gujarat. By winning both the remaining matches, KKR will reach 15 points, then depending on the results of other teams, they may have a chance to go to the playoffs.

Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh is surrounded in controversies. Recently a video went viral in which Arshdeep called Tilak Verma ‘Oye Andare’. There was a huge uproar over this statement of Arshdeep and people considered it a racial comment. Breaking the silence on this issue, Punjab Kings franchise has supported Arshdeep. This controversy increased further when Arshdeep responded to an inflammatory comment made by a fan on social media.

Punjab Kings’ next match will be with Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday. This match will start at 3:30 pm and this match is very important for Punjab from the playoff point of view.

Before the match against RCB, Punjab Kings physio Andrew Leaps described Arshdeep as a player with very calm behavior and on the recent controversy said that Arshdeep’s behavior was absolutely normal. He also told that Arshdeep does not let things on social media affect him much.

Arshdeep singh:- oye andhere

Tilak Verma:- Tomorrow is the match “

Arshdeep singh:- didn’t apply sunscreen ” bla bla bla…

Tilak Verma:- embarrassed

This MF Arshdeep Singh deserves hate** pic.twitter.com/UyZwuLFzDU

— itz__daniyal80 (@itz__daniyal80) May 15, 2026

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Arshdeep came into limelight a few days ago for making a vlog. It was claimed on social media that Yuzvendra Chahal was seen vaping in Arshdeep’s vlog. Later it was also told that after the controversy over Chahal, Arshdeep had cut that part of his vlog. After this controversy, BCCI had banned Arshdeep from making vlogs. Andrew Leaps also admitted that excessive use of phones by players is becoming a big problem these days.

The IPL season has not been anything special for Arshdeep Singh. He has taken only 13 wickets in 12 matches so far and the economy rate is touching around 10.

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