Bengaluru (India), : Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has opted to take a break from the ongoing Indian Premier League and admitted that the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad was a bad one as he wanted to refresh himself physically and mentally. escapes
The veteran star, who has struggled for form this season, revealed that he has asked the management to pick his replacement for the clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday.
RCB’s loss by 25 runs was a feast of runs as it rained boundaries throughout the match. Riding high on the performances of Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen, SRH broke their record and set a new highest score of 287/3 in the IPL.
After the record-breaking feat, Maxwell, with a smile on his face, admitted that it was a bad game to lose.
“I noticed during the powerplay that the pitch was not as slow and double-paced as it was in the first few games. And I realized it was probably a wrong play; I would have been happy to have been out with the bat,” Maxwell said in the post-match press conference.
Since the start of the ongoing season, Maxwell has scored just 32 runs in six innings at an average of 5.33 which also includes three ducks.
Maxwell opened up about the conversation he had with captain Faf du Plessis and the management and is looking to get back into a strong mental state that will help his team make an impact.
“For me, personally, it was a very easy decision. I went to Faf (du Plessis) and the coach after the last game and said I thought maybe it’s time we try someone else. I’ve been in this situation before. You can be playing and get yourself deep into a hole. I think that tournament, I can hopefully get back into a really solid mental and physical space where I can still make an impact,” Maxwell said.
“We had a pretty big deficit after the powerplay, which has been my area of strength for the last two seasons. I felt like I wasn’t contributing in a positive way with the bat and the results and the position. We find ourselves at the top of the table, I think it’s a good time to give someone else a chance to show their goods and Anyone can claim that place, he said.
Maxwell arrived in IPL 2024 with scorching form. Maxwell has scored 552 runs at an average of 42.46 in 17 T20 matches since last November. His impressive tally also includes two centuries.
However, in six innings in the IPL, Maxwell has faced more than five balls only once, getting out for a golden duck in the first match against CSK and against Kolkata Knight Riders in RCB’s third match. He scored 28 runs off 19 balls and lost the wicket of Sunil Narine.
“T20 cricket can be like that sometimes – it’s quite a fickle game. Even if you look at the first game, I ran through the middle of the bat to the keeper. I picked up the length well, saw a chance to score, but you open the face a little bit when you’re going well, it goes wide of the gloves, you Get a boundary, you’re 4 off 1, and you’re out of the tournament,” he said.
“I probably didn’t miss – it’s very simple. In the first few matches, I think I made reasonably good decisions, but I was still looking for ways to get out. It can happen in T20 cricket and it can snowball. Like that, you can go and try very hard and play the fundamentals of the game. It can be forgotten,” he said.
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