Lucknow Super Giants will square off against Punjab Kings in the 68th match of the ongoing IPL 2026 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Saturday. PBKS will need to win this contest at any cost to keep their playoff hopes alive but they would need other results to go their way as well.

LSG, on the other hand, have had a disappointing season as they have failed to click as a unit and would want to end their campaign on a winning note. 

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Ayush Badoni needs six sixes to complete 50 maximums in the IPL.

Josh Inglis needs one four to complete 50 boundaries in the IPL. The Australian needs 28 runs to complete 500 runs in the tournament.

Mohammed Shami needs seven wickets to reach 150 scalps in the IPL.

Rishabh Pant needs six fours to complete 350 boundaries in the IPL.

PBKS all-rounder Marcus Stoinis needs four wickets to complete 50 scalps in the IPL.

Prabhsimran Singh needs eight sixes to complete 100 maximums in the IPL.

Shashank Singh needs 95 runs to complete 1000 runs in the IPL. 

PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer needs eight fours to complete 350 boundaries in the tournament.

Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Mukul Choudhary, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Akash Maharaj Singh, Prince Yadav, Josh Inglis, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, George Linde, Anrich Nortje, Matthew Breetzke, Mohsin Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari

Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Ben Dwarshuis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nehal Wadhera, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash, Vishal Nishad