In this season of IPL, the number of players who were out during or before the tournament, such a situation has rarely been seen. Even just before the end of the season, this trend continues. This time this matter has come from Lucknow Super Giants, who are already out of the race for the playoffs. Lucknow is going to face Punjab Kings in its last match but the team’s star opener Mitchell Marsh will not play in it. However, it is not clear why Marsh is not a part of this match.
Hosts LSG and Punjab Kings are going to clash on Saturday 23rd May at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. This is the last match of both the teams in the league stage of this season. Lucknow has already been eliminated but its hopes of finishing the season with a win in the last match have suffered a setback. According to the report of ESPN-Cricinfo, Marsh will not be a part of this match and the team will have to play without him.
How much Marsh will be missed can be understood from just one statistic. For Lucknow, only one batsman has been able to score more than 300 runs this season and that is Mitchell Marsh. Even in this ups and downs season, opener Mitchell Marsh has scored the maximum 563 runs for the team in 13 innings, which includes one century and 3 half-centuries. He has also hit the maximum number of 36 sixes for the team.
Now the reason why Mitchell Marsh is out has not been revealed yet. There is no news of any kind of injury. No statement has been issued by the franchise either. In such a situation, it is believed that due to the end of the team’s season, they have been given a break from this match so that they can rest for some time. This is because under the captaincy of Marsh, the Australian team has to play an ODI series in Pakistan from May 30, for which the Australian team will reach Pakistan on Saturday itself.
(News is being updated)
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