LSG Vs PBKS, Indian Premier League 2025: Three Key Player Battles To Watch Out For

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will play their first home game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season at the BRSABV Ekana Stadium on Tuesday, 1 March, taking on Punjab Kings (PBKS). (Match Blog | Schedule | Teams | Points Table)

It is still the early days of IPL 18, but both teams will look to secure consecutive victories. After an opening-day loss against Delhi Capitals (DC), Rishabh Pant and Co. secured a five-wicket win against high-flying SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH).

Shardul Thakur라이브 바카라 four-wicket spell and Nicholas Pooran라이브 바카라 70-run knock were enough to hand Lucknow a crucial away win.

PBKS, which heavily invested in a new team in the mega auctions, saw their big-money signings deliver from day one in the 11-run win against Gujarat Titans (GT). Skipper Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 97, while Arshdeep Singh took two crucial wickets, dismissing Sai Sudharsan and Sherfane Rutherford.

LSG Vs PBKS – Full Squads

Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (c & wk), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Aryan Juyal, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi

Punjab Kings: Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Vishnu Vinod, Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey, Priyansh Arya, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardie, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett, Kuldeep Sen, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur

Lucknow Super Giants Vs Punjab Kings – Three Key Player Battles

Below are the three key player battles that will have a big impact on Tuesday라이브 바카라 clash between LSG and PBKS.

1. Nicholas Pooran vs Marco Jansen

Nicholas Pooran has been LSG라이브 바카라 best batter in the opening two matches of IPL 2025. The INR 21 crore retention scored 75 and 70 runs, respectively, and boasted strike rates above 250 in both games. However, he will have his work cut out against Marco Jansen.

The South African pacer has a superb record against Pooran in the IPL, dismissing him once in just five balls while conceding three runs. PBKS fans will hope that Jansen, who took one wicket against GT, will keep up his good run against Pooran in Tuesday라이브 바카라 clash.

2. Mitchell Marsh Vs Arshdeep Singh

Other than Pooran, Mitchell Marsh has been another Super Giants batter to score runs freely in the early stages of the season. After scoring 72 off just 36 balls in the loss against DC, Marsh struck another half-century (52 off 31) against SRH.

Arshdeep was Punjab라이브 바카라 best bowler against GT, taking two wickets, and he played a crucial role in stopping Gujarat라이브 바카라 chase at 232. However, his record against Marsh is patchy, conceding 25 runs from 10 balls. Those ten balls do contain one dismissal, which came last season, and fans will hope that the swing bowler can repeat that trick in the upcoming clash.

3. Shreyas Iyer Vs Ravi Bishnoi

Punjab라이브 바카라 trust in Shreyas Iyer라이브 바카라 ability to bat and lead was instantly repaid against GT as the batter scored an unbeaten 97 runs and led his team to an away victory. However, despite scoring 3224 runs in his IPL career, he has not always come out on top when facing leg-break bowlers. Leg-spinners have dismissed him seven times in 22 games, while his strike rate against them is 128, which is lower than his overall strike rate.

Ravi Bishnoi, the young spinner in LSG라이브 바카라 ranks, has taken three wickets in IPL 2025 so far, and Lucknow will be banking on his googlies to stop Iyer in his tracks early on in the game.