'It isn't...' Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell recalls being retained by RCB ahead of IPL 2022 auction
Follow Us
Story highlights
IPL: Glenn Maxwell recently recalled his reaction on being retained by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction.
Glenn Maxwell has been part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) since the 2013 edition. He has represented the likes of Mumbai Indians (MI), Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) -- now known as Punjab Kings (PBKS) -- Delhi Daredevils (DD) -- now renamed as Delhi Capitals (DC) -- before moving to the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise in IPL 2021. While Maxwell had a disastrous run for PBKS in IPL 2020, he was roped in by the RCB franchise ahead of IPL 2021. The Australian star all-rounder repaid the faith shown by the RCB team management with a stellar season.
In IPL 2021, Maxwellscored 513 runs in 15 matches at a strike rate of144.10; one of the reasons for RCB reaching the playoffs. After such an impressive run, there were little doubts in anyone's mind that he won't be retained by the franchise. However, there were limited slots and abundance of talents in RCB's ranks ahead of IPL 2022 mega auction. Nonetheless, he was one of the three players retained -- along with Virat Kohli and Md Siraj -- before the auction. The all-rounder recently recalled his reaction on being retained by the RCB setup.
"You never know whats gonna happen because its a big auction. And like, with how many people they were going to retain and we had, obviously, a couple of bowlers Siraj, Harshal, Yuzi (Chahal), then AB, Virat, and those young Indian players, and all could have been retained at some stage. So to retain an overseas batter, sometimes isnt the smartest move," Maxwell said on the RCB Podcast.
Also read:
Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 5:48 am