Punjab Kings go up to second after defeating Lucknow Super Giants
IPL 2025 Points Table After IPL Today Match Update: Punjab Kings went to second in the IPL points table on Sunday after their win against the Lucknow Super Giants at Dharamsala. Batting first, Punjab posted a huge 236, courtesy of a 91-run innings Prabhsimran Singh. Even though Ayush Badoni tried for LSG with 74 it wasn’t enough in the end.
In the other match of the day, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals one run in their Indian Premier League match here on Sunday to keep their play-off qualification hopes alive. Chasing 207 for a win, RR could manage 205 for 8 in 20 overs to lose the match. Captain Riyan Parag top-scored for RR with a 45-ball 95 while Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shimron Hetmyer contributed 34 and 29 respectively.
For KKR, Varun Chakravarthy 2/32, Moeen Ali (2/43), Harshit Rana (2/41) and Vaibhav Arora (1/50) were among the wickets. Earlier, Andre Russell struck a 25-ball 57 not out to lift KKR to 206 for four. Apart from Russell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (44), opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (35) and skipper Ajinkya Rahane (30) were the other main contributors. For RR, Jofra Archer (1/30), Yudhvir Singh Charak (1/26), Maheesh Theekshana (1/41) and Riyan Parag (1/21) were among the wickets. The win kept KKR alive for the play-offs while RR are already out of the reckoning.
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IPL 2025 points table after PBKS vs LSG
Rank
Team
P
W
L
NR
NRR
POINTS
1
RCB
11
8
3
0
0.482
16
2
PBKS
11
7
3
1
0.376
15
3
MI
11
7
4
0
1.274
14
4
GT
10
7
3
0
0.867
14
5
DC
10
6
4
0
0.362
12
6
KKR
11
5
5
1
0.249
11
7
LSG
11
5
6
0
-0.469
10
8
RR
12
3
9
0
-0.718
6
9
SRH
10
3
7
0
-1.192
6
10
CSK
11
2
9
0
-1.117
4
Orange Cap top 5 after RCB vs CSK
There was a change in the Orange Cap standings with Rajasthan’s Yashasvi Jaiswal breaking into the top 5 and going to No 4. Virat Kohli still leads the race, followed Gujarat Titans Sai Sudharsan. GT’s Jos Buttler rounds off the top 5.
Rank
Player Name
Team
Runs
Mat
Inn
NO
HS
AVG
SR
1
Virat Kohli
RCB
505
11
11
3
73*
63.13
143.46
2
Sai Sudharsan
GT
504
10
10
0
82
50.40
154.12
3
Suryakumar Yadav
MI
475
11
11
4
68*
67.86
172.72
4
Yashasvi Jaiswal
RR
473
12
12
1
75
43.00
154.57
5
Jos Buttler
GT
470
10
10
4
97*
78.33
169.06
Purple Cap top 5 after RCB vs CSK
The Purple Cap race also witnessed a change with Punjab’s Arshdeep Singh breaking into the top 5 after Punjab Kings’ clash with Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday.
Rank
Player Name
Team
WKTs
Mat
Inn
Ov
Runs
BBI
Avg
Econ
1
Prasidh Krishna
GT
19
10
10
39
292
41/4
15.36
7.48
2
Josh Hazlewood
RCB
18
10
10
36.5
311
33/4
17.27
8.44
3
Arshdeep Singh
PBKS
16
11
10
36.2
291
16/3
18.18
8.00
4
Noor Ahmad
CSK
16
11
11
39
314
18/4
19.62
8.05
5
Trent Boult
MI
16
11
11
38.1
336
26/4
21.00
8.80
