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Mitchell Marsh slams 20-ball half-century against RCB in Lucknow
Marsh is unbeaten at 76 off 32 balls as rain stops play
LSG is up against RCB in a do-or-die affair in Lucknow
Mitchell Marsh finally gets going in the Indian Premier League 2026 as he slams a 20-ball fifty against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to get Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) off to a blazing start at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Thursday, May 7.
There was rain around the stadium, which is why LSG were put into bat first by RCB, and it looked like a good decision as Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the ball swinging in the air in the first and gave just five runs.
However, Mitchell Marsh had some different plans as he took on RCB's bowling mainstay, Josh Hazlewood, and struck him for two sixes in the 2nd over to get things going for Lucknow.
Despite a short rain break in the 2nd over, Marsh continued on his merry ways and smashed RCB bowlers to all parts of the ground. He took a special liking for Josh Hazlewood and Rasikh Dar as both of them gave 41 runs between them in just 3 overs.
Marsh raced to his fifty in just 20 deliveries, registering his fastest half-century of IPL history. The Aussie openers carried on their sensational touch after the landmark fifty as well and were unbeaten on 76 off just 32 balls when rain played a spoilsport, resulting in the stop of play.
However, Arshin Kulkarni at the other end struggled and was batting at 17 off 22 balls by the time of the rain break. LSG would need to accelerate and complement Marsh well, so they could put on a mammoth first innings score in front of a dangerous RCB batting line-up.
