Marsh's blistering form continues but Lucknow trumped by wonderboy

As the business end of the Indian Premier League arrives Mitch Marsh is in magnificent form, hitting 96 to add to making 111 and 90 in his last three innings. But it is all too late as his Lucknow Super Giants have long been eliminated and sit bottom. Why that is was clear as they lost to Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets despite Marsh and Josh Inglis giving them a blistering start.

Marsh's blistering form continues but Lucknow trumped by wonderboy. As the business end of the Indian Premier League arrives Mitch Marsh is in magnificent form, hitting 96 to add to making 111 and 90 in his last three innings. But it is all too late as his Lucknow Super Giants have long been eliminated and sit bottom. Why that is was clear as they lost to Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets despite Marsh and Josh Inglis giving them a blistering start. The Western Australian pair put on 109 for the first wicket in 50 balls but a lack of support meant the visitors made only 5-220. That looked inadequate after one over of the Royals innings, which was hit for 23 and so it proved despite Maynak Yadav bowling in the mid-140s kph. Their pace did not bother the extraordinary 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi who smashed 93 off 38 balls to maintain...