LSG vs PBKS, IPL 2023: Shahrukh Khan finishes the job and Punjab Kings win by 2 wickets

After the fall of early wickets, a fifty from Sikandar Raza turned it on Punjab Kings.

And despite Bishnoi doing a terrific job with the ball to keep Lucknow in the game, it wasn't enough. 

Wood strikes back, PBKS eight down! 

But Harpreet did his job as he got a length ball which angled into him.

But all he can do is nick it to the keeper. 

Harpreet Brar c Pooran b Mark Wood 6(4) [4s-1]

What an over from Bishnoi to keep Lucknow alive!

Raza tried taking on the bowler, and hit the slog-sweep, but he found Stoinis and he is given out.

Raza c Stoinis b Ravi Bishnoi 57(41) [4s-4 6s-3]

KL Rahul dives full stretch, goes with both hands, and clings on to the ball with his fingertips.

Jitesh Sharma c Rahul b Mark Wood 2(4)

50 for Sikandar Raza!

His first in the IPL

Curran tried to go straighter this time and and holes out at long-off. 

But he tried a flat-batted shot down the ground and did not connect very well. 

Sam Curran c Krunal Pandya b Ravi Bishnoi 6(6) [4s-1]

Harpreet looked to go big but Krunal fires it into the pads. 

Harpreet hit the ball straight to deep backward square but perishes in doing so. 

Harpreet Singh c Yudhvir Singh b Krunal Pandya 22(22) [4s-3]

It was tossed up around off and Short, who was looking to go inside out, hit it a lot straighter.

The ball went straight down Stoinis's throat at mid-off, who reverse-cups it with ease. 

Short c Stoinis b Gowtham 34(22) [4s-5 6s-1]

Prabhsimran lost his off-stump!

It was a good length and the ball shaped back into the right-hander. 

Prabhsimran's feet hardly moved, and the ball went right through the massive bat-pad gap.

He sends the off-stump cartwheeing and surely Yudhvir is having a dream debut. 

Prabhsimran b Yudhvir Singh 4(4) [4s-1]

It was a short of a length and angling into the left-hander and Atharva swung across the line. 

The big top-edge goes all the way to third man and Avesh runs in and completes a simple catch. 

Atharva Taide c Avesh Khan b Yudhvir Singh 0(3)

Another sharp catch at long-on by Shahrukh Khan!

The fielder was right in front of the ropes as he took the catch. He again knew he was going to step onto the skirtings and lobbed the ball up.

He went over the ropes, comes back and then took it on the rebound. 

Yudhvir Singh c Shahrukh Khan b Sam Curran 0(1)

It was another slower ball and Gowtham was looking to force it away. But the ball hit low on the bat and spooned a dolly down to Raza at long-off. 

Gowtham c Raza b Sam Curran 1(2)

Arshdeep Singh strikes!

It was the knuckle ball and bowled into the surface. 

He cramped KL for room who hit very high on the bat and lobbed a simple catch to Ellis, who is stationed at long-on. 

Rahul c (sub)Nathan Ellis b Arshdeep Singh 74(56) [4s-8 6s-1]

Keeper Jitesh Sharma wasn't so sure, but the stand-in captain was and he earns a wicket for himself.

Appeal for a caught behind and PBKS have reviewed. 

Curran was very confident and as it wasn't given a wide, the review was taken.

The bat is close to the glove - onto UltraEdge and there's a spike when the ball is right next to the glove.

Stoinis c Jitesh Sharma b Sam Curran 15(11) [6s-2]

A first-ball duck for Pooran, and surely Lucknow will be happy with this wicket.

Pooran c Shahrukh Khan b Rabada 0(1)

Excellent grab by Shahrukh at deep mid-wicket!

Krunal rocked back and hit the ball towards the bigger boundary but Shahrukh was well placed inside the ropes.

He took the catch and realised that he was going to trod onto the adverisement skirtings so he lobbed the ball in the air went out and came back took it on the rebound. 

Krunal Pandya c Shahrukh Khan b Rabada 18(17) [4s-2]

KL Rahul plays a captain's knock as he raises his bat to his 1st fifty of the season.

This was a flat and straight ball onto middle and Hooda shuffled inwards trying to go for a big slog.

But the ball is struck bang in front of middle and the umpire raises his finger.

Hooda lbw b Raza 2(3)

Harpreet Brar gets the breakthrough!

He kept Mayers quiet with a few dots balls and then pushed a half tracker onto leg. 

Mayers gets it off the bottom of the bat but he holes it out to deep square leg. 

Mayers c Harpreet Singh b Harpreet Brar 29(23) [4s-1 6s-3]

Shikhar Dhawan is not playing this game due to a niggle. Sam Curran to lead PBKS.

Teams:

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi