Lucknow vs Punjab , Match 68 at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow , IPL, 2026 , May 23, 2026 Scorecard

19.6: Arshdeep Singh to Abdul Samad, FOUR! A boundary to end the innings. 1 run off the first 3 balls, but the over ends up going for 17 runs. LSG finish with 196/6. Arshdeep switches to around the wicket and slips in a full ball, outside off. With two men inside the circle at short third, Samad opens the bat face and slices it, clearing both men and picking up a boundary. A forgettable outing for Arshdeep as he finishes with figures of 3-0-52-0.

19.6: Arshdeep Singh to Abdul Samad, Wide! Sticks to the wide yorker, but this is beyond the guideline. Samad does not shuffle this time and picks up the wide.

19.6: Arshdeep Singh to Abdul Samad, Wide! Arshdeep sprays it well wide on off, almost at the edge of the cut strip. Samad lets it pass.

19.5: Arshdeep Singh to Abdul Samad, FOUR! Not where Samad intended, but he will take it. Back to the wide yorker, outside off. Abdul throws his hands at the ball, looking to go over cover. The ball flies off an outside edge and goes well wide of short third to his right for a boundary.

19.4: Arshdeep Singh to Abdul Samad, SIX! Abdul Samad finally gets one away! Arshdeep moves away from the yorker plan and pays the price. He bangs it into the surface, across the batter. Samad is standing outside the line of the off stump and he drags the pull over mid-wicket for a six.

19.3: Arshdeep Singh to Abdul Samad, No single taken! Arshdeep spots Samad shuffle and he bowls a straighter line this time. Low full toss, closer to the off stump. Abdul chips it in front of long on. Arjun is halfway through but Abdul sends him back.

19.2: Arshdeep Singh to Abdul Samad, Another dot! At 134.8 kph, gets the wide yorker in, Samad shuffles across to connect. Gets an inside edge and it rolls to short fine leg.

19.1: Arshdeep Singh to Abdul Samad, Bowls the wide yorker at the tramline. Abdul reaches out and bunts it to long off but refuses the single.

19.1: Arshdeep Singh to Abdul Samad, Wide! Samad is standing on the off stump and Arshdeep tries to push it away from the batter. Sprays it a bit too wide on off. Samad shoulders arms.

18.6: Vijaykumar Vyshak to Arjun Tendulkar, Vyshak goes wide on the crease and digs it in short, around the left shoulder. Tendulkar ducks under it. It did not look to be over the head, but Arjun has taken the review, hoping to overturn the decision of the fair delivery to a wide for height. Arjun's head is measured at 1.913 metres and the ball is passing him at 1.636 metres. It is a fair delivery. Just 6 runs off the over. It has been 14 balls since the last boundary.

18.5: Vijaykumar Vyshak to Abdul Samad, Changes his length as he bowls it short, over middle. Samad stands tall and pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for one more run.

18.4: Vijaykumar Vyshak to Arjun Tendulkar, Switches to around the wicket and serves it on a length, on off. Tendulkar smacks it back towards the bowler. Vyshak sticks out the left boot and the ball deflects off his ankle towards cover. Just a single.

18.3: Vijaykumar Vyshak to Arjun Tendulkar, Low full toss, outside off. Arjun extends his hands and plays a punchy drive to the left of deep point for a couple of runs.

18.2: Vijaykumar Vyshak to Abdul Samad, Full and going across from around the wicket. Samad hangs deep in the crease and swings at it. Gets it off the inner half through mid-wicket for a single.

18.1: Vijaykumar Vyshak to Arjun Tendulkar, At 134.1 kph, angling away, on a back of a length. Tendulkar punches it on the up to the right of mid off and hurries to the other end.

17.6: Marco Jansen to Arjun Tendulkar, At the sticks, bowled on a good length. Arjun punches it wide of cover and gets off the mark with a single.

17.5: Marco Jansen to Mukul Choudhary, OUT! CAUGHT! A fine catch by Praveen Dubey. Fuller in length by Marco, on middle and leg. Mukul Choudhary clears the front leg and looks to whip it away using his bottom hand. He does not connect on the lofted hit as well as he would have liked and it goes towards wide long on. The sub fielder, Dubey moves across to his right and dives to take a good catch. 4 runs and 2 wickets in the last 7 balls. Good phase for PBKS.

17.4: Marco Jansen to Mukul Choudhary, Skidding through, on a back of a length, just outside off. Mukul swings across the line for the pull but is beaten as the ball goes under the blade.

17.3: Marco Jansen to Abdul Samad, Takes pace off and it is on a shortish length, Samad helps the pull behind square leg for a single.

17.2: Marco Jansen to Mukul Choudhary, A well-directed bumper at the bodyline of the batter. Mukul Choudhary gets into a tangle as he tries to duck under it. Fends it awkwardly through backward square leg for a run.

17.1: Marco Jansen to Abdul Samad, Across off, on a back of a length. Abdul drags the pull through mid-wicket for a single.