Mitchell Marsh

The arrival

Mitchell Marsh's first IPL season was 2010, with Deccan Chargers, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 3 matches, 28 runs and 2 wickets at 8.66 an over. The best was still to come.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2025, for Lucknow Super Giants: 627 runs at an average of 48.2, striking at 163.7 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 152.9, with 1 hundred and 6 fifties, and a highest score of 117. There were two seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2025 and 2026).

With the ball, the best season was 2023, for Delhi Capitals: 12 wickets at 8.36 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.79, with best figures of 4 for 27.

Franchise by franchise

2010, Deccan Chargers. 3 matches, 28 runs and 2 wickets.

2011 to 2013, Pune Warriors. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹1.30 cr. 14 matches, 190 runs and 14 wickets.

2016, Rising Pune Supergiants. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹4.80 cr. 3 matches, 7 runs and 4 wickets.

2020, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹2 cr. 1 match.

2022 to 2024, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹6.50 cr. 21 matches, 440 runs and 17 wickets.

2025 to 2026, Lucknow Super Giants. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹3.40 cr. 26 matches and 1,190 runs.

6 spells with six franchises in all. The longest was with Pune Warriors, 2011 to 2013. 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Mitchell Marsh has struck at 148.6. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 145.4, so Mitchell Marsh has scored about 3 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 69% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 155 fours and 111 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 37.5% of the balls Mitchell Marsh faced were dot balls, a higher share than 66% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 11.3 balls, the 18th-best rate in that group, and a four every 8.1.

With the ball, 37 wickets in 563 deliveries, at 8.47 runs an over against a league rate of 8.16 for the same seasons: 0.31 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There were two four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 4 for 25.

32.3% of the balls Mitchell Marsh bowled were dots, a lower share than 76% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 15.1 balls.

The fielding record: 15 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Mitchell Marsh has gone under the hammer five times. The highest price was ₹6.50 cr, paid by Delhi Capitals in 2022, more than 3 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹1.30 cr in 2011, ₹3.40 cr by 2025.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

Where it stands

Mitchell Marsh has made 68 IPL appearances, the latest for Lucknow Super Giants in 2026, and has won 6 player-of-the-match awards.