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Who Won Yesterday IPL Match 23 May, 2026, LSG vs PBKS, Kal Ka Match Kaun Jeeta: In the 68th match of IPL 2026, on Saturday (23 May), Punjab Kings registered a spectacular victory against Lucknow Super Giants by 7 wickets. Batting first in this match played at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow had scored 196 runs for 6 wickets. In reply, Punjab team won the match by scoring 200 runs for 3 wickets in 18 overs. With this victory, Punjab has kept its hopes alive for the playoffs. The hero of Punjab’s victory was captain Shreyas Iyer, who played a match-winning inning of 101 runs unbeaten on 51 balls.

Who won the toss?

In this match played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Lucknow Super Giants had given the target of 197 runs

Lucknow Super Giants, who came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start and got the first blow on the score of just 16 runs. Arshin Kulkarni, who came to open against Punjab Kings, was out without opening the account. After this, Nicholas Puran, who came at number-3, also returned to the pavilion after scoring only 2 runs. However, Josh Inglis remained at one end and along with Ayush Badoni handled the innings. Badoni was out after playing a stormy innings of 43 runs in 18 balls. At the same time, English batted brilliantly and scored 72 runs in 44 balls, which included 9 fours and 2 sixes.

Captain Rishabh Pant contributed 26 runs in 22 balls, while Abdul Samad remained unbeaten till the end and scored 37 runs in 20 balls. In this way, Lucknow scored 196 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Whereas, for Punjab Kings, Marco Janson and Yuzvendra Chahal took 2-2 wickets, while Azmatullah Omarzai and Shashank Singh took 1-1 wicket.

Shreyas Iyer scored a brilliant century

Punjab Kings, who set out to chase the target, had a bad start and the team suffered a big blow on the very first ball. The team’s young opening batsman Priyansh Arya became the victim of Mohammed Shami without opening the account. After this, Cooper Connolly, who came to bat at number three, also returned to the pavilion after scoring 18 runs in 10 balls. However, Prabhsimran Singh remained at one end and batted aggressively and scored 69 runs in 39 balls. In this innings he hit 7 fours and 2 sixes.

However, the biggest hero of this match was captain Shreyas Iyer, who scored an unbeaten 101 runs in a stormy manner. Iyer hit 11 fours and 5 skyscraper sixes in his innings and completed his century in just 51 balls. This was the first century of his IPL career and he led the team to victory by hitting a six. On the strength of Shreyas’s captaincy, Punjab team won the match by scoring 200 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 18 overs. Whereas, for Lucknow, Mohammed Shami took 2 wickets, while Arjun Tendulkar got 1 wicket.

Who became the player of the match? (Who Won POTM Award)

Shreyas Iyer, who played an important role in the victory of Punjab Kings, was awarded the Player of the Match award. Iyer played a match-winning inning of unbeaten 101 runs on 51 balls, in which he hit 11 fours and 5 sixes and was the biggest hero of the match.

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