{"id":5579,"date":"2026-04-19T13:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ipl-2026-will-lsg-skipper-rishabh-pant-play-against-punjab-kings-today-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T13:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:48:11","slug":"ipl-2026-will-lsg-skipper-rishabh-pant-play-against-punjab-kings-today-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ipl-2026-will-lsg-skipper-rishabh-pant-play-against-punjab-kings-today-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Will LSG skipper Rishabh Pant play against Punjab Kings today? | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130366494,imgsize-118970,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130366494.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Will LSG skipper Rishabh Pant play against Punjab Kings today?\" title=\"Lucknow Super Giants' Skipper Rishabh Pant (ANI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Lucknow Super Giants' Skipper Rishabh Pant (ANI Photo)\">Lucknow Super Giants&#8217; Skipper Rishabh Pant (ANI Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lucknow Super Giants have received a major boost ahead of their crucial IPL 2026 clash against Punjab Kings, with captain Rishabh Pant declared fit to play despite recent injury concerns.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Pant had suffered a painful blow to his left elbow after being struck by a 145 km\/h delivery from Josh Hazlewood during LSG\u2019s previous match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on April 15. The incident had raised fears of a serious injury, putting his participation in doubt. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>However, LSG bowling coach Bharat Arun confirmed ahead of the match that the skipper is \u201cperfectly alright\u201d and \u201cabsolutely fit\u201d to take the field.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;He is perfectly alright, fit enough to play tomorrow,&#8221; LSG bowling coach Bharat Arun told media ahead of the game against PBKS which will be played in the afternoon. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Injury Update Brings Relief<br \/><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Medical scans revealed that Pant\u2019s injury was only a bruise and not a fracture. The wicketkeeper-batter has since resumed full training with the squad, easing concerns within the camp. His availability comes as a timely boost for LSG, who are looking to bounce back after consecutive defeats and regain momentum in the tournament.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>While fitness is no longer a concern, Pant will be under pressure to deliver with the bat. The LSG captain has scored 105 runs in five matches so far this season, at a strike rate of 122.35, numbers that fall short of his usual standards. With LSG currently struggling in the points table, Pant\u2019s form will be crucial against a confident Punjab Kings side.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Predicted playing XIs of PBKS vs LSG<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Cooper Connolly, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Impact Player: Vijaykumar Vyshak<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (c\/wk), George Linde, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Impact Player: Mayank Yadav<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-will-lsg-skipper-rishabh-pant-play-against-punjab-kings-today\/articleshow\/130366479.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucknow Super Giants&#8217; Skipper Rishabh Pant (ANI Photo) Lucknow Super Giants have received a major boost ahead of their crucial IPL 2026 clash against Punjab Kings, with captain Rishabh Pant declared fit to play despite recent injury concerns.Pant had suffered a painful blow to his left elbow after being struck by a 145 km\/h delivery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}