Australia’s T20I captain Mitchell Marsh is playing as an opener for Lucknow Super Giants in their 10th match of IPL 2026 which is taking place at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The right-handed batter from Perth needed just 20 balls on Thursday (May 7) to reach the 50-run mark, and at the end of 10 overs in the LSG innings he was batting on 78 runs from 34 balls. He has slammed 7 fours and 7 sixes so far for the Rishabh Pant-led side.
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Of the seven sixes, Marsh has slammed six inside the first six overs of the match. The six sixes by Marsh in the first six overs helped him break the record of hitting most sixes by a LSG batter in powerplay of an IPL match.
Fastest
fifties for LSG (by balls)
- 15 – Nicholas Pooran vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Bengaluru (2023)
- 16 – Nicholas Pooran vs Mumbai Indians, Wankhede (2026)
- 18 – Nicholas Pooran vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Hyderabad (2025)
- 19 – Nicholas Pooran vs Mumbai Indians, Wankhede (2024)
- 20 – Kyle Mayers vs Punjab Kings, Mohali (2023)
- 20 – Nicholas Pooran vs Delhi Capitals, Delhi (2024)
- 20 – Mitch Marsh vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Lucknow (2026)
The previous record of hitting most sixes in powerplay of an IPL match for LSG was held by Nicholas Pooran. In LSG’s ninth match of IPL 2026, Pooran slammed five sixes against Mumbai Indians in the powerplay at Wankhede Stadium on Monday (May 4).
Most sixes by LSG batters inside powerplay of an IPL match
- Mitchell Marsh – 6 sixes vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (2026)
- Nicholas Pooran – 5 sixes vs Mumbai Indians (2026)
At the end of six overs, Marsh was batting on 58 runs from 24 balls. The score of 58 by Marsh is the second highest by an LSG batter in the powerplay of an IPL match.
50-plus scores for LSG within the powerplay
- 60* (30) – Mitchell Marsh vs Mumbai Indians (2025)
- 58* (24) – Mitchell Marsh vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (2026)
- 54 (24) – Kyle Mayers vs Punjab Kings (2023)
- 53 (22) – Kyle Mayers vs Chennai Super Kings (2023)
If Marsh, who is LSG’s highest run-getter in IPL 2026, manages to score a century in the ongoing match, then he will become the second player after KL Rahul to slam multiple centuries in the world’s richest franchise cricket league for the Lucknow-based franchise. Rahul, who is part of the Delhi Capitals squad in IPL 2026, slammed two centuries for LSG in IPL 2022, whereas Marsh scored his first IPL century as an LSG batter last year (in 2025) against Gujarat Titans.
