India, May 23 -- Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings thundered back into form as they have kept themselves alive in the reckoning to reach the IPL 2026 playoffs with a seven-wicket victory over the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Saturday at the Ekana Stadium. With now 15 points under their belt, the Punjab Kings have jumped to 4th position in the points table but still need some dramatic results to go their way to qualify for the playoffs.

Josh Inglis shines but other Lucknow Super Giants' struggle

Josh Inglis, who opened the innings with Arshin Kulkarni, started by hammering four boundaries off Arshdeep Singh's opening over. But the Super Giants hit back by dismissing Arshin Kulkarni (0) and Nicholas Pooran (2) cheaply. But Ayush Badoni got s...