Mitchell Marsh scored his second IPL century during Lucknow Super Giants’ match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in an IPL 2026 match at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Thursday 7.Marsh reached the milestone in 49 balls, making it the fastest century by an LSG batter in IPL history. At the same venue in IPL 2025, he crossed Rishabh Pant’s hundred off 54 balls against RCB.The Australian opener got to his hundred by hitting an attempted yorker from Romario Shepherd over the offside on the boundary.Century for LSG vs RCB in IPL
- 118* (61) – Rishabh Pant, Lucknow, 2025
- 101* (49) – Mitchell Marsh, Lucknow, 2026*
Hundreds for LSG in IPL
- 2 – KL Rahul
- 2 – Mitchell Marsh*
- 1 – Quinton de Kock
- 1 – Marcus Stoinis
- 1 – Rishabh Pant
Marsh was dismissed by Hazlewood for 111 off 56 balls.Marsh attacked the RCB bowlers from the start and continued to score despite two rain interruptions during the match.He started with a straight six off Josh Hazlewood before hitting Bhuvneshwar Kumar over cover for another six. Once the spinners came into the attack, Marsh took on Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma with shots over the boundary and slashing through the offside.At the other end, Arshin Kulkarni struggled with timing while Marsh scored quickly. He reached his fifty in 20 balls, his fastest IPL half-century.Marsh also attacked Rasikh Salam and Hazlewood with runs and shots. Even the yorkers from Hazlewood and Shepherd couldn’t slow him down as he completed his century with a boundary off Shepherd.After reaching the milestone, Marsh removed his helmet and raised his bat to acknowledge the crowd.
