Not sad about missing a century, Mitchell Marsh elated with the victory of Lucknow Super Giants
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Mitchell Marsh Statement: In the match played between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings at Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday in IPL 2026, Mitchell Marsh played an important role in helping LSG win by 7 wickets with his explosive innings. Marsh was chosen player of the match for his innings. After the match, Marsh said, “It felt good to win. We have had very few such wins this season, so it is satisfying.” On the partnership of 135 runs in 70 balls for the first wicket with Josh Inglis, Marsh said, “It was a good partnership. It takes the pressure off me.”
Mitchell Marsh expressed happiness on Lucknow’s victory.
New Delhi. In the IPL 2026 match played between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings at Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday, Mitchell Marsh played an important role in helping LSG win by 7 wickets with his explosive innings. Marsh was chosen player of the match for his innings. After the match, Marsh said, “It felt good to win. There have been very few such wins for us this season, so it is satisfying.” On the partnership of 135 runs in 70 balls for the first wicket with Josh Inglis, Marsh said, “It was a good partnership. It takes the pressure off me.”
LSG is out of the playoff round. Victory will only increase the confidence of the team. Despite this, Marsh praised the team’s players, saying, “We have very good people in this group, some very good young men, who I like very much. Everyone is doing well. I am having fun with these boys.”
Lucknow chased 188 runs
LSG had got the target of 188 runs. Mitchell Marsh made this target small and simple with his explosive innings. This right-handed batsman, who came to start the innings, played a big role in helping the team win by scoring 90 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 9 fours in just 38 balls. His fellow batsman Josh Inglis scored 36 runs in 32 balls. Apart from this, Nicholas Pooran scored unbeaten 32 runs on 17 balls and Mukul Chaudhary scored unbeaten 13 runs on 10 balls.
Earlier, after losing the toss and batting first, CSK had scored 187 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. For CSK, Karthik Sharma played an inning of 71 runs in 42 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 6 fours. Shivam Dubey scored 32 runs in 16 balls and Dewald Brevis scored 25 runs in 16 balls. For LSG, Akash Maharaj Singh took 3 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs.
CSK reached sixth place
If we look at the points table after the LSG-CSK match, with the defeat CSK has moved to sixth position. CSK has 12 points in 12 matches with 6 wins and 6 losses. LSG is out of the playoff race. The team is at tenth position. This was LSG’s fourth win in the 12th match of the season.
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