“Muskuraiye, aap Lucknow mein hain,” is a slogan often associated with the city of Nawabs. However, Punjab Kings fast bowler Arshdeep Singh gave a witty twist to the famous slogan after his team beat Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the IPL 2026 match on Sunday. “Gabrii, aap Mullanpur mein hain,” Arshdeep Singh said in a video he posted on his Instagram account after the match in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh.
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Punjab Kings registered a 54-run win over LSG, helped by an 182-run partnership between Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly for the second wicket in the first innings. The stand put the match beyond Lucknow’s reach before the chase began.The 24-year-old Delhi man, whose knock came off just 37 balls, teamed up with Cooper Connolly, Australia’s most talked about next-generation batting star, who also shone in a 45-ball 87 as Punjab Kings posted an insurmountable 254 for 7 in 20 overs.
Lucknow Super Giants responded with 200/5. Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant and Aiden Markram started, but the team could not build partnerships and lost their third match in a row.Punjab Kings remain at the top of the table with five wins and no score in six matches.Lucknow had an early opportunity when four-year-old Connolly survived an overweight appeal from Mohsin Khan after Pant opted not to review. Replays showed that the ball would hit the stumps.
Connolly then added 182 runs with Arya.Arya reached his fifty in 19 balls. Connolly later hit Aiden Markram for three successive sixes, and Arya followed with two more at the same time, which lasted for 32 runs.In the chase, Marsh scored 40 runs and Ayush Badoni made 35 runs. Pant added 43 runs, but wickets at regular intervals and the increased required rate kept Lucknow behind.Markram hit a brave 22 balls (42) and despite a few dropped balls from the Punjab players, Lucknow lost their third match in a row.