Rishabh Pant’s Lucknow Super Giants suffered a 37-run defeat to Punjab Kings on Sunday, their sixth loss of the season. Despite the defeat, LSG remain in contention for the IPL 2025 play-offs with three matches still to go this season. Here’s a look at how LSG can qualify for this year’s IPL playoffs.

How can LSG qualify for IPL 2025 Playoffs? 

LSG have 10 poits from the 11 matches played so far wtih a net run rate of -0.469. The Lucknow based franchise will play their next three matches against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad. 

It’s a do or die situation from here on for LSG, if they win all three of the matches, they will have a clear path to finish in the top four (likely in the 3rd or 4th position). However, even one loss from here could mean the end of the rope for Lucknow Super Giants.

However, winning all 3 matches and getting to 16 points would not mean a sure shot chance at playoffs for LSG with a lot of competition in the IPL this season. It is likely that LSG may have to win their last match by a big margin in order to improve their net run rate for making it to the playoffs. 

What happenned during LSG vs PBKS match? 

Playing at Dharmashala, LSG conceded their highest ever score against Punjab Kings amidst an onslaught from Prabhsimran Singh (91 off 48 balls), Shreyas Iyer (45 off 25 balls) and later Shashank Singh (33 off 15 balls). PBKS managed to post a total of 236 in their 20 overs, which looked like a mammoth score right from the start.

In reply, LSG got off to a poor start as they lost three wickets in the first six overs with skipper Rishabh Pant (18 off 17 balls) following soon after in the last ball of the 8th over. From there on, Abdul Samad (45 off 24 balls) and Ayush Badoni (74 off 40 balls) played a valiant innings as they gave their side a chance in the game, but the total eventually proved too much for LSG as they could only manage 199 runs in their 20 overs.