Mitchell Marsh smashed his way to his first-ever Indian Premier League 2025 century in a stunning display of big-hitting for the Lucknow Super Giants against the Gujarat Titans on Thursday. Marsh got to the mark in just 56 balls, his innings until that point punctuated by six sixes and 10 fours. He went on to be dismissed on 117 off 64 balls, adding two more sixes to his kitty after crossing the century mark.
Marsh and Aiden Markram put up yet another strong opening stand. The pair scored 53 runs in the powerplay and their opening partnership was worth 91 runs in the 10th over when Markram fell on 36 off 24. However, the carnage then only went up a notch with Nicholas Pooran joining Marsh and hitting the ground running. The pair’s assault ensured that LSG took a whopping 127 runs in the middle overs. Marsh and Pooran put up 121 runs for the second wicket off just 52 balls, with the former hitting 66 runs in the stand off 29 balls.
Marsh got to his century in the 17th over. He got to 99 with a four off Arshad Khan off the fourth ball of the over, muscling right over the bowler’s head for four. Marsh then sent the next ball to deep point and took a single to get to the mark. In the next over, Marsh hit Prasidh Krishna for two consecutive sixes off the fourth and fifth balls. LSG eventually finished with a score of 235/2 in their 20 overs. Pooran was unbeaten on 56 off 27 balls while struggling captain Rishabh Pant was not out on 16 off six.
He finally fell to Arshad second ball of the 19th over, holing out to Sherfane Rutherford who took a good catch running in from deep backward point. Marsh’s brother Shaun Marsh had earlier scored a century playing for King’s XI Punjab in the inaugural season of the IPL in 2008. This makes them the first pair of siblings to score IPL centuries.
