Stunning family development as Mitch Marsh makes history with epic century
Mitch Marsh has continued his form after a short break from the IPL having blasted his maiden century in the IPL for the Lucknow Super Giants and with it comes a stunning slice of family history. Marsh returned home during the suspension of the IPL, but returned earlier this week to see out the tournament for the Giants.
Marsh's team, coached by Justin Langer, won't make the playoffs after a poor start to the season. However, Marsh cracked 65 from 39 balls in his first game back earlier in the week having returned to Australia during the unrest in India.
And he has gone even better this time around in the Super Giants' penultimate game with the 33-year-old blasting 117 of 63 balls to plunder his team to a 33-run win. This marked Marsh's first century in 48 innings in his 15-year IPL career.
Incredibly, the allrounder is the first overseas player to record a century in the 2025 competition. Marsh blasted eight massive sixes in his 117 and it took him to a total of 32 for the tournament.
Marsh has scored 560 runs in just 12 innings and sits fourth on the tally behind Indian trio Sai Sudharsan (638), Shubman Gill (636) and Suryakumar Yadav (583). And the Aussie's century has created an incredibly slice of history for the Marsh family.
He now joins older brother Shaun Marsh as the only siblings to record a century in the IPL. Shaun achieved the feat back in 2008, which marks 17 years between the brothers recording a century. The Marsh's now hold a special place in IPL folklore and there doesn't appear to be anything slowing Mitch down with a boosted contract on the line for next year after his tremendous form.
𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗣𝗟! 🏆🗓️ 2008 – Elder brother Shaun Marsh announced himself with a sensational IPL century.🗓️ 2025 – Younger brother Mitchell Marsh joins the elite list with his maiden IPL ton.Mitchell and Shaun Marsh become the first-ever siblings to score a… pic.twitter.com/dVS7rjwo1K
— Neutral Balak (@neutralbalak) May 22, 2025
Most runs by a pair in IPL 2025 👇Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan - 839 in 12 inningsAIDEN MARKRAM AND MITCH MARSH - 574 in 12 innings 🔥 pic.twitter.com/2mZa88qD92
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 22, 2025
Marsh has one final game to cap off his best season in the IPL so far with coach Langer backing the allrounder at the top of the order. The opener put a partnership together with South African Aiden Markram and got the Super Giants off to a remarkable start. Marsh and Markram have now scored the second-highest total of runs as a pair in the IPL.
The opener then watched Nicholas Pooran score a 56 not out after Markram's dismissal. Marsh fell for 117, but not before he sent leg-spinning wizard Rashid Khan in his first over for 6, 4, 6, 4, 4, 1. Gujarat didn't come close to the Super Giants' monster total of 2-235 having fallen 32 runs short after 20 overs.
This marked Marsh's second T20 century after he smashed a 100 not out for the Perth Scorchers in a Big Bash match in 2021. While Marsh was dropped from the Aussie national team in the red-ball format, he shows no signs of slowing down in white-ball cricket.
Marsh was thrilled with his century having taken 15 years to reach triple-figures in the competition. Although he admitted frustration the team wouldn't be playing in the knockout stages having timed their run too late in 2025.
"It's been disappointing, all teams come in to win it but the IPL is a beast of a competition, you've got to be on it every game," he said. "Any team can beat any team and that makes it the best tournament in the world."
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