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Azmatullah Omarzai

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Harnoor Singh Pannu

Lachlan Hammond Ferguson

Marco Jansen

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Musheer Naushad Khan

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Praveen Dubey

Priyansh Arya

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Shashank Singh

Shreyas Santosh Iyer

Suryansh Prashant Shedge

Vijaykumar Vyshak

Vishal Nishad

Vishnu Vinod

Xavier Colin Bartlett

Yash Ravisingh Thakur

Yuzvendra Singh Chahal

Abdul Samad Farooq

Aiden Kyle Markram

Akash Maharaj Singh

Akshat R Raghuwanshi

Anrich Arno Nortje

Arjun Sachin Tendulkar

Arshin Atul Kulkarni

Digvesh Singh

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Joshua Patrick Inglis

Manimaran Siddharth

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<p>In another match that went down to the last over, Punjab Kings (PBKS) held their nerve to register a well-deserved two-wicket win against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on April 15 (Saturday).

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IPL 2023: LSG captain KL Rahul rues lack of execution after narrow defeat against Punjab Kings

<p>Sikandar Raza finally proved that he is not out of place by becoming the first half-centurion from Zimbabwe in Indian Premier League (IPL) and helping his side beat Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by two wickets with support of Shahrukh Khan’s cameo.

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Shahrukh Khan's cameo helps Sikandar Raza conquer LSG in absence of Shikhar Dhawan as PBKS win by 2 wickets

<p>Punjab Kings (PBKS) Harpreet Singh Bhatia rewrote Indian Premier League (IPL) record books before stepping on the field against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Ekana Cricket Stadium on April 15.

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Punjab Kings’ Harpreet Singh Bhatia breaks massive IPL record held by Gujarat Titans wicketkeeper without bowling or batting

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