Delhi: The 68th match of IPL 2026 is being held today between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Punjab Kings (PBKS). This match is being played at Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Where, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer has decided to bowl first after winning the toss.

Playing-11 of Lucknow and Punjab

Playing XI of Lucknow Super Giants– Arshin Kulkarni, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Chaudhary, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan.

Impact Player- Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Manimaran Siddharth, Himmat Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh

Playing XI of Punjab Kings- Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Johnson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vaishak.

Impact Player- Harpreet Brar, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey

Condition of both teams on points table

Punjab, after winning six out of the first seven matches, was at number one on the points table. But after this he has faced defeat in six consecutive matches. Because of which he is now in fifth place with 13 points in 13 matches. Lucknow is already out of the tournament. Lucknow has only 8 points in 13 matches. He is at the last position on the points table.

Head-to-head record

There have been seven matches between Lucknow and Punjab in IPL history. During this period, Punjab has had the upper hand over Lucknow. Punjab has won four out of seven matches. Lucknow has won three matches.