Arjun Tendulkar's joy turns to frustration after Rishabh Pant spills chance - WATCH

NEW DELHI: Arjun Tendulkar yet made his debut for Lucknow Super Giants connected Saturday aft being handed his maiden LSG headdress up of the team's last IPL 2026 league lucifer against Punjab Kings astatine the Ekana Cricket Stadium successful Lucknow.Arjun besides got an accidental to bat and remained unbeaten connected 5 arsenic LSG, aft being enactment into bat by Punjab Kings, posted 196/6 successful their 20 overs.

LSG skipper Rishabh Pant introduced Arjun into the onslaught instantly aft the Powerplay.The young left-arm pacer impressed successful his precise archetypal over, conceding conscionable 4 runs and not allowing Shreyas Iyer and Prabhsimran Singh to find the boundary.Arjun besides came adjacent to picking up a wicket successful the over.He bowled a abbreviated transportation to Prabhsimran, who attempted a propulsion shot. The shot brushed the mitt and flew to the near of wicketkeeper Pant. The LSG skipper dived crossed and managed to get some gloves to the ball, but failed to clasp on.Arjun, who had already leapt successful celebration, was near disappointed aft Pant dropped the catch.Earlier, opener Josh Inglis top-scored for LSG with 72 disconnected 44 balls, hitting 9 boundaries and 2 sixes, portion Ayush Badoni smashed 43 disconnected conscionable 18 deliveries during the mediate overs.

Towards the end, Abdul Samad provided the finishing touches with an unbeaten 37 disconnected 20 balls.For Punjab Kings, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (2/25) and Marco Jansen (2/33) were the astir palmy bowlers.