It was only a matter of time before Mitch Marsh' season really took flight in this year's IPL and the Australian T20 captain got his timing just right as he delivered the spectacular matchwinning century that's kept Lucknow Super Giants' distant hopes afloat.
Even though his knock got interrupted three times by rain stoppages on Thursday, nothing could stop Marsh's torrent of nine sixes and nine fours as the 'Bison' trampled over the Royal Challengers Bengaluru attack with his 111 off 56 balls at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium.
Put in to bat on the day after Punjab's Cooper Connolly had been the first Aussie to ton up in the 2026 edition, Marsh took an early liking to his old mate Josh Hazlewood's bowling, taking two huge straight sixes off his first over, the second of which bopped a TV cameraman on the forehead.
