Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has applauded Mitchell Marsh for playing a match-winning all-round performance in Wednesday’s (May 11) IPL 2022 match against the Rajasthan Royals (RR). Marsh first claimed a couple of wickets during the Royals’ innings as well. He then scored 89 runs off 62 balls as Delhi chased down the 161-run target with eight wickets and 11 balls in hand.
While reviewing the match in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said, “No prizes for guessing, the guy’s name is Mitchell Marsh and he sent one ball to Mars, that ball has not come back, he hit such a huge six. First, he picked up two wickets with his bowling, did his job as a bowler at the start.”
He continued: “Let’s be honest, when Delhi were bowling, Rajasthan never really got any momentum. You did reach beyond 150 (160 runs), it looked like a slightly different surface but probably you didn’t give yourself a proper chance – Sanju Samson came to bat so low down the order and Jos Buttler didn’t fire at the top. So there were problems but Mitchell Marsh took two wickets there.”
However, Mitchell Marsh finished with figures of 2/25 in his three-over spell. The all-rounder removed Yashasvi Jaiswal off a bouncer before dismissing Ravichandran Ashwin, who scored a half-century after being sent in to bat at No. 3 as well. Aakash Chopra also stated that Marsh was fortunate at the beginning of his innings as he was not given out when Trent Boult trapped him in front of the stumps before it went on to hit his bat.
“After that, when it was the turn to bat, Srikar Bharat was dismissed off the second ball of Trent Boult, he had gotten out similarly in the last match as well, playing the pull shot, Srikar you are much better than this. After that, Mitchell Marsh came and he was also out if the umpire had raised his finger or they had taken the DRS. But that did not happen and after that, the way he hit, he hit fewer fours and more sixes. He was absolutely rocking. It is his highest T20 score outside Australia and came close to a century as well. Mitchell Marsh has a huge hand in Delhi’s one-sided victory,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
