Former Australian skipper, captain Ian Chappell has termed playing a switch-hit as “blatantly unfair” but the flamboyant all-rounder, Glenn Maxwell sees nothing wrong in playing the shot, describing it as a “different part” of cricket’s evolution over the years. A switch hit involves a batsman changing the order of his hands (from left-handed to right-handed grip or vice-versa) after the bowler has already started on his run-up.

When asked about Chappell’s comments after the ODI series against India, Glenn Maxwell said, “…it is within the laws of the game. Batting has evolved in such a way, that it has got better and better over the years, which is why we see these massive scores are getting chased down and the scores are going up.”

Maxwell rather suggested the bowlers to come up with a plan to combat the switch hit.

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Elaborating about the same during the post-match press conference, Maxwell said, “And I suppose it is up-to-the bowlers to try and combat that. I suppose the skills of bowlers have been tested every day with bowlers having to come up with different change-ups, different ways to stop batters.”

Glenn Maxwell reckons that since the batsmen have evolved, similarly, bowlers should also try and innovate.

He further explained, “…we see guys come up with knuckle-balls and wide yorker fields and different tactics. And the tactics of ODI cricket have definitely evolved, so I just see it (switch hit) as a different part of the evolution of the game….” Chappell had earlier said, “(Switch-hitting) is amazingly skilful, but it’s not fair”.

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