IPL 2025 LSG vs PBKS Probable Playing XIs, Impact Players: Rishabh Pant-led Lucknow Super Giants will face Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings in their third league stage match of IPL 2025 on Tuesday (April 1). The match No. 13 of IPL 2025 is scheduled to take place at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The home team hammered star-studded Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets in the last match played on Thursday, whereas Punjab Kings kicked off its campaign in this year’s IPL by securing an 11-run win over Gujarat Titans on Tuesday (March 25). Both the teams would like to extend their winning streak to two matches on Tuesday. LSG’s likely playing XI For the first home match of the 2025 season, LSG could make one change to the playing XI. In place of South Africa’s T20I captain Aiden Markram, West Indies pacer Shamar Joseph could play on Tuesday. Makram, who led South Africa to the T20 World Cup 2024 final, opened for the Lucknow-based franchise in the last two matches but was only able to score 15 and 1 runs. There is a possibility that he could make way for the overseas pacer. If LSG team management decides to drop Markram, then captain Pant could open the innings. Pant has opened for India in T20Is in the past and can be a big hit as an opener in the IPL as well. During his U19 days as well, Pant used to play as an opener. Meanwhile, Joseph’s addition will add strength to LSG’s pace attack, which has the likes of Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan and Prince Yadav. Delhi-based pacer Mayank Yadav, who was retained by LSG ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, is yet to join the team. LSG’s probable playing XI: Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Shamar Joseph, Digvesh Rathi Impact players: Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed PBKS’ likely playing XI Punjab Kings are unlikely to make any changes to the playing XI for the second match of the IPL 2025 season, but it will be interesting to see the batting positions of Australian all-rounders Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis. In the last match against GT, Maxwell and Stoinis came out to bat after Azmatullah Omarzai, but if the top-order batters manage to give PBKS a good start on Tuesday, then Maxwell could be seen batting higher up the order. In the last match, Punjab used Vijaykumar Vyshak as an impact player, and it turned out to be a masterstroke, but for the match in Lucknow, the 2014 IPL losing finalists could bring on Punjab-based all-rounder Harpreet Brar, who is more than capable of making life difficult for opposition batters with his spin. PBKS’ probable playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal Impact players: Nehal Wadhera, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Yash Thakur Stay updated with all the latest news on IPL 2025, including the schedule, points table, top run-scorers (IPL Orange Cap), and leading wicket-takers (IPL Purple Cap). Get real-time updates, match highlights, and expert insights—only on News18.