Punjab Kings opening batter Prabhsimran Singh secured the fastest IPL fifty in Lucknow bettering Sunil Narine’s 27-ball effort against LSG last year.

Prabhsimran scored his half century in just 23 balls while chasing 171 runs against LSG in Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

Speaking of the match, Punjab Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first. Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh opened the inning for LSG, while Arshdeep Singh opened the bowling attack for Punjab Kings.

Arshdeep Singh in the very first over of the inning dismissed Mitchell Marsh for golden duck and drew the first blood for LSG. Soon, Ferguson in the fourth over, dismissed the Markram for 28 runs and loaded pressure over the LSG batting lineup.

In the very next over, Maxwell dismissed Rishabh Pant for two runs and made a massive breakthrough. At the end of six overs, LSG managed to score just 39 runs for three wickets.

Nicholas Pooran and Ayush Badoni started to build a partnership and managed to score 88 runs for three wickets at the end of 11 overs.

While Ayush Badoni and David Miller slowly started to build a partnership Marco Jansen in the 16th over dismissed Miller for 19 runs and broke the partnership. With Abdul Samad’s quickfire 12 balls 27 runs LSG managed to score 171 runs for seven wicket at the end of 20 overs.

While chasing Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh opened the inning for Punjan Kings. Digvesh Rathi in the third over made the first breakthrough by dismissing Priyansh Arya for 8 runs.

Following his dismissal, Prabhsimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer started to build a partnership and pushed the team’s core to reach 62 at the end of the first powerplay.