Arshdeep Singh scripts unwanted IPL record in nightmare spell vs LSG

NEW DELHI: Arshdeep Singh endured a nightmare outing arsenic Punjab Kings faced Lucknow Super Giants successful their important IPL 2026 clash astatine the Ekana Cricket Stadium successful Lucknow connected Saturday.The left-arm pacer was expected to pb Punjab’s bowling attack, supply aboriginal breakthroughs and support the scoring complaint successful check.

Instead, helium was taken isolated by the LSG batters, who attacked him relentlessly passim his spell.

Arshdeep bowled 3 overs and conceded 52 runs astatine an system complaint of 17.30. His costly spell besides included 4 wides.The mediocre outing besides saw Arshdeep registry an unwanted grounds - the astir instances of conceding 50-plus runs by a PBKS bowler successful IPL history.

LSG posted a competitory 196 for six, powered by a superb sound from Josh Inglis, who smashed 72 successful emblematic assertive fashion.Inglis and Rishabh Pant (26 disconnected 21 balls) stitched unneurotic a 65-run concern for the 4th wicket aft LSG had slipped to 69 for 3 successful the seventh over.The Australian wicketkeeper-batter launched his battle early, hammering Arshdeep for 4 boundaries successful the opening implicit to cod 16 runs.After that, Ayush Badoni took complaint pursuing the dismissals of Arshin Kulkarni, who opened successful spot of Mitchell Marsh, and Nicholas Pooran.

Badoni played a sensational cameo of 43 disconnected conscionable 18 balls and added 49 runs for the 3rd wicket with Inglis.The young batter tore into Azmatullah Omarzai, smashing 24 runs successful the 5th implicit with a brutal series of 4,6,6,4.The counterattack helped LSG retrieve powerfully from aboriginal setbacks and decorativeness the powerplay astatine an awesome 66 for two.Badoni’s entertaining sound ended erstwhile Prabhsimran Singh completed a crisp stumping disconnected Yuzvendra Chahal, with DRS confirming the dismissal.Inglis, meanwhile, continued his onslaught and entered different destructive signifier of his innings by smashing a six, 4 and 4 successful succession disconnected Arshdeep.Overall, Inglis smashed Arshdeep for six fours and 2 sixes, compounding the PBKS pacer’s hard season.Pant, who survived a dropped drawback connected 18 by Shreyas Iyer astatine covers disconnected Chahal, struggled to find fluency but provided coagulated enactment to Inglis.The Australian reached his 50 successful conscionable 28 balls earlier Pant yet fell to Chahal, who finished with figures of 2/25.Inglis was yet dismissed by part-time bowler Shashank Singh, with Iyer taking a comfy drawback astatine long-on aft positioning himself straighter.Abdul Samad chipped successful with an unbeaten 37 disconnected 20 balls and struck a mates of towering hits, but erstwhile Mukul Choudhary fell cheaply to Marco Jansen (2/33), LSG’s hopes of crossing the 200-run people faded.Meanwhile, Arjun Tendulkar, lad of legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar, made a uncommon IPL appearance, featuring successful conscionable his sixth lucifer successful the tournament.