5 May 2025 : Punjab Kings produced another clinical performance to move ahead in the playoffs race as they outclassed Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday night. Shreyas Iyer and Co. have now moved to the second spot in the points table with 15 points in 11 matches. The race to playoffs has intensified with eight teams still fighting it out for the top four positions.
The PBKS batters once again put up a collective performance after being asked to bat first, as the LSG bowlers failed to contain them. Prabhsimran Singh was the standout batter for the home team with his 91-run knock off 48 balls, embellished with 6 fours and 7 sixes. Shreyas Iyer (45) and Shashank Singh (33*) also played crucial roles in PBKS setting up a mammoth 236/5 on the scoreboard. They hit 16 sixes, with one of them landing out of the stadium.
It was the 17th over of the innings when Shashank just muscled the fourth ball of Mayank Yadav for a maximum over deep backward square-leg, hits the roof of a building and goes over. PBKS co-owner Preity Zinta, who was present at the HPCA Stadium, was spellbound by the massive six.
Summary: Preity Zinta’s reaction went viral after Shashank Singh hit an extraordinary six off Mayank Yadav, sending the ball out of the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala.