After Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) released Glenn Maxwell for the IPL 2025 auction, Punjab Kings bought him for INR 4.2 crore. This came as a surprise as RCB did not opt for the attacking batsman despite his contribution to the team for four seasons.
The Australian had played 52 matches in total for the franchise and scored 1266 runs at an average of 28.77 and a healthy strike rate of 160. Various franchises around the world still consider Maxwell as an asset to their team as he He has more than 10,000 runs in T20. and can change the face of a game in the space of just a few deliveries.
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It was once again evident in the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) 2024-25 game between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Sixers when the right-hander smashed an unbeaten 58 off 32 balls when the Stars were struggling after being put into bat.
Reaching number 6 with a score of 60/4 in 9.3 overs, Maxwell smashed five boundaries and three sixes to take the Stars past the 150 mark. He was also well supported by the latest Australian debutant in the Test, Beau Webster, as the duo added 88 runs in just 51 balls for the fifth wicket and finished with 156/5 in 20 overs.
Turning point for Glenn Maxwell
It was a huge morale booster for the Stars as they are bottom of the BBL with just four points after seven matches. The innings also came as a relief for Maxwell, who had had a poor season so far, scoring just 73 runs in the first five matches.
Maxwell also had to endure a torrid IPL 2024 as he managed a paltry total of 52 runs in nine total innings and had opted out of the playing XI for the team to accommodate others. It was a colossal difference from his batting exploits of previous seasons for the team where he scored 513 runs in IPL 2021, 301 in 2022 and 400 runs in 2023.
He will hope to turn things around in the IPL in his second stint with Punjab.
In BBL, Maxwell has been a fixture for the Stars since the 2012-13 season and has scored over 3,000 runs in total, only the fifth player to do so in BBL history.
Maxwell’s innings also proved to be a turning point as the Stars restricted the Sydney Sixers to 140/9 in 20 overs and won by 16 runs.
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