Glenn Maxwell Will Be Back Well Before IPL 2023- RCB Director Of Cricket Mike Hesson
Published - 16 Nov 2022, 04:42 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:14 AM
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Director Of Cricket Mike Hesson has said that all-rounder Glenn Maxwell will get fit from his broken leg injury well ahead of the IPL 2023 tournament and hence he was retained by the franchise for the tournament.
Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was ruled out of cricket for an extended period after suffering a broken leg in “a freak accident” at a birthday party in Melbourne on Saturday. He will miss the upcoming ODI series against England beginning this week and will undergo a lengthy rehabilitation after fracturing his left fibula on Saturday.
Maxwell slipped while running in a backyard with a friend and his leg became trapped. He had featured in Australia’s disappointing T20 World Cup 2022 campaign at home where they were eliminated from the tournament in the league stage itself.
There Is A Little Concern With Glenn Maxwell: Mike Hesson Of RCB
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), on November 15, announced the list of players they had released and retained ahead of the IPL 2023 auction which will take place in Kochi on December 23. Notably, Maxwell is not in the best of form this year in the shortest format. In 19 matches, he has scored 315 runs at an average of 19.68 in 18 innings. Only one half-century has come out of his bat, with his best score being 54*.
In the T20 World Cup 2022, Maxwell scored 118 runs at an average of 39.33 with a strike rate of 161.64 and a fifty and also picked three wickets.
Glenn Maxwell has been one of the star players for RCB since he was bought in 2021. In his 28 matches for the side, he has scored 814 runs at an average of 33.91 with seven fifties. He has also taken nine wickets for the side.
Talking about retaining him, RCB Director of Cricket Mike Hesson said in a video: “There is a little concern with Glenn Maxwell, heading to the retention phase with a broken leg. We wish him a speedy recovery. We have information that he will be back well before the IPL (next year).”
RCB retained most of their core players with West Indies batter Sherfane Rutherford being the only big name the franchise released. The core team consisting of Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, and Josh Hazlewood has been retained.
RCB had previously traded Jason Behrendorff to Mumbai Indians.
