RR vs RCB: The Question Arises, As Professional Players, How Many Matches Can You Flop? - RP Singh On Glenn Maxwell Batting Form

Former Indian pace bowler RP Singh questioned Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) all-rounder Glenn Maxwell over diminishing returns with the bat in IPL 2022.

After getting bowled out to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 68, their second-lowest total in IPL, RCB faltered while chasing 145 against RR.

RCB lost to Rajasthan Royals by 29 runs

On a surface where the ball was coming hard to the batters, RCB failed to adapt to the conditions with a bereft in their intent.

RCB’s approach to go hard with runs didn’t help their cause as RR bowlers Kuldeep Sen (4/20) and Ravichandran Ashwin (3/17) imposed their plans to dismantle their batting unit.

RCB suffered a min- collapse in their top-order after Virat Kohli (9), Faf du Plessis (23) and Glenn Maxwell (0) were back in the hut inside seven overs.

Maxwell went for a golden duck as he intended to deploy his power-hitting skills right from the start. However, the Australian found a thick edge that flew to Devdutt Padikkal in the slip region.

It seemed after the previous IPL that Glenn Maxwell got a team culture: RP Singh

The Australian all-rounder had a phenomenal season for RCB last year with 513 runs in 15 innings, which helped him a retention spot by RCB ahead of IPL 2022.

However, Maxwell hasn’t replicated his previous season’s sublime form anywhere near this year. In six innings, Maxwell aggregates 124 runs at 24.8 and strikes at 177.14.

“It seemed after the previous IPL that Maxwell finally got a team culture and atmosphere where he would succeed. Now the question arises, as professional players, how many matches can you flop? Maxwell is a great player, but the tournament will just pass by if this goes on,” RP Singh told Cricbuzz.

“We have seen that teams have gone on to score 200 even if they are scoring run a ball in the powerplay with their wickets intact. Here, Kohli, Faf and Maxwell fell quickly, that should not have happened.

“There were no batters who thought of staying at the crease even if it meant that only 40 runs came off the next 50 balls. They have to discuss how to approach the target,” he added.

After the initial setback, RCB found it difficult to bounce back in the chase as they skittled out for 115 in 19.3 overs.

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