Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) makes a list of flop shows in batting in this season of 2025, if names like Rishabh Pant and Venkatesh Iyer are at the top of India’s players, then the foreign brigade is leading Glenn Maxwell playing for Punjab Kings (PBKS). Okay, they did not get a big check like Pant and Venkatesh, but in view of their previous IPL season records, not only the Punjab Kings buying them, giving a contract of Rs 4.2 crore was also no less courageous.
Just 41 runs in 6 matches
What did you get in return? Disappointing performance in which only 41 runs in 6 matches till 24 April, average 8.20 and strike rate 100. In the role of the impact player in which he was considered the best, he failed badly and the team did not work in crisis even once. Especially the spin should not play at all.
Maxwell under investigation
So due to poor form in this way, their performance is under investigation and the count of those criticizing this poor performance is increasing. It is good for the prestige of his international cricket that the team fed 6 matches otherwise and would have already dropped the other player from the team. A match which is especially mentioned in it was against Rajasthan Royals when chasing the target of 206 runs, there was great hope from them.
Performance much less than expected
Cheteshwar Pujara has commented a lot about him and he clearly says that the form of Glenn Maxwell in IPL has been bad for a long time, much less than expected. The same situation was in the last season as well and if you see a record of 2024 and 2025 seasons (for two different two franchises), did not score 100 runs in 16 matches (in 2024, 52 runs in 10 matches for RCB in 6 matches in 6 matches in +2025) and the secret is that even then the franchisees are giving them contracts of several crores.
Maxwell at number 25 in run chart
In the records of these two seasons, who played at least 16 matches, Maxwell is at number 25 in their run charts and not one in 24 with a bad record with him that his team has expected a special contribution with the bat. Similarly, if you look at the records with the count of 14 innings, then out of those who played at least 14 innings, they are the only one who did not score 100 runs (93 runs).
552 runs in 16 matches
It seems that this time too they are ready to repeat the history of the previous season. Then, while playing for RCB, he could not do anything in the first 6 matches, then he himself got out of the playing XI. This ‘rest’ did not benefit and the horror show continued in 4 matches played in the second round. The result is that RCB released after the season. In fact, Punjab Kings still played bets on Maxwell and spent Rs 4.2 crore in the auction, with the hope that the same franchise was played in 2014, this time it will repeat it (552 runs in 16 matches).
This time it is not an issue to not just score runs. His dedication and honesty towards his contract is also under suspicion. As you are playing shots, it does not seem that there are such big names in international cricket. Careless so that it is not worried about what is happening? The interesting thing is that the scale on which IPL tested David Warner never implemented Maxwell. Glenn Maxwell’s IPL is the last 13 score: 0 (1), 3 (5), 1 (3), 0 (4), 4 (3), 16 (3), 16 (5), 0 (1), 0 (1), 1 (2), 1 (2), 30 (21), 3 (7) and 7 (10).
Beyond Parthiv Patel in average
The most discussed in the IPL and the title of foreign batsman with the worst performance in exchange for payment, mostly write the names of Maxwell. Earn several crores of rupees in every season but failed badly to make an impact. Currently IPL record: 2812 runs at 155+ strike rate in 134 innings of 140 matches. At the point of 134 innings in the IPL, less runs than him, Parthiv Patel (2801), Wriddhiman Saha (2725), Kieron Pollard (2714) and Ravindra Jadeja (2028) have scored and none of these are the big name in batting. Only Parthiv Patel (22.77) in average is worse than Maxwell (24.03).
Sanjay Manjrekar, while questioning Maxwell’s form, even says that he is of ‘that comet of Hailey’ which shines once in 75 years, that is, waiting till several innings, keep waiting till several innings to see a good score from Glenn Maxwell’s bat. After this season, it is almost certain that Punjab Kings will also release them, but will this series of ‘fraud’ stop here?
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