Mitchell Marsh: The 26th match of IPL 2025 is being played between Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans. In this, Rishabh Pant has won the toss and decided to bowl first. This time Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant announced a change in the team after the toss. In IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants have suffered a major setback as in-form players have been out of their team. In the match against Gujarat Titans, the team will have to play without Australian star all -rounder Mitchell Marsh.
Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant announced during the toss that Michel Marsh would not play in the match for personal reasons as his daughter is ill. Delhi batsman Himmat Singh has been included in his place and he will make his debut today.
If Michelle is not playing Marsh, Himmat Singh has been given a chance in his place. Captain Rishabh Pant said that Himmat Singh will now play in the team in place of Mitchell Marsh. Himmat is a resident of Delhi and has previously played in the Delhi Premier League. In the mega auction of this season, he was bought by Lucknow Super Giants at a price of Rs 30 lakh. Himmat Singh has played 55 T20 matches in his career so far. In this, he has scored 5 half -centuries and his strike rate is 132.51. He has scored a total of 917 runs so far.
Why are Michelle Marsh not playing?
LSL captain Rishabh Pant said that Mitchell Marsh is not playing in this match as his daughter is not well. It is not yet clear whether Marsh has returned to Australia or not, but he is not a part of the team at the moment. Michelle Marsh has played for Lucknow Super Giants this season and is the second highest run -scorer in the team. Starting the innings, he has scored 4 half -centuries in 5 matches and scored a total of 265 runs. Although Mitchell Marsh is an all -rounder, he is currently batting only due to his return from injury.
