Prabhsimran leads Punjab to 37-run win over Lucknow

Opener Prabhsimran Singh starred with 91 off 48 balls as Punjab Kings beat Lucknow Super Giants by 37 runs in an IPL match here on Sunday.

The pint-sized Prabhsimran packed a mean punch in his strokes as Punjab posted an imposing 236-5. In reply, LSG managed only 199-7 in the allotted 20 overs.

Pacer Arshdeep Singh finished with impressive figures of 3-16 off four overs for Punjab. Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad top-scored for LSG with 74 and 45 respectively.

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Earlier, Prabhsimran, the wicketkkeeper-batter, should have got his second IPL hundred, but an ambitious switch hit off Digvesh Rathi saw him head back to the pavilion, nine runs short of what would have been a deserving milestone. 

Towards the end, Shashank Singh scored 33 off 15 balls to take Punjab to what looks like an unassailable total. There were 16 sixes hit by Punjab with 13 coming off pacers. 

Mayank Yadav, in fact, accounted for half a dozen of them going for 60 in his four overs. The LSG batting unit, which has performed well below par after the first stage of the tournament, will need to bat out of their skins to chase down the target. 

However, LSG had started on a confident note with Priyansh Arya (1) sent back to a well-thought plan with left-arm seamer Akash Singh bowling a nice outswinger, slightly out of his hitting arc. Priyansh plays with bare minimum footwork and Mayank Yadav at deep backward point held onto a sitter. 

Prabhsimran was initially a passive partner as it was Australian Jos Inglis who launched the first attack with a hat-trick of sixes off Mayank, whose speed has decreased by at least 15 kmph post his intense rehab. 

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