India, May 5 -- Arshdeep Singh took another giant leap towards earning his India Test cap when he floored Lucknow Super Giants with figures of 3/16 in four overs for Punjab Kings at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Sunday. Arshdeep's brilliant bowling helped PBKS beat LSG by 37 runs and take the second points on the IPL 2025 points table. With 15 points from 11 matches, Punjab are steadily closing in on a place in the Playoffs, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans equally in the fray. But more importantly, with PBKS doing well, the spotlight is back on the likes of Shreyas Iyer and Arshdeep, who, despite their brilliance in white-ball cricket, have struggled to break into the Test squad.

With the five-Test...