Cricket is slowly starting to gain momentum after the break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) edition of 2019-2021 had just ended, with New Zealand being crowned as the champions. Team India will now be having a relaxing break as their series against England will be starting in August.

July month has lots of action for the cricketing fans. The Hundred is a unique kind of Cricket tournament which will feature eight men’s and women’s team will also be commencing soon. Many of the female Indian cricketers will also be participating in the league. However, one surprising news has come ahead of the tournament.

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The Australian all-rounder, Glenn Maxwell has decided to withdraw his name from The Hundred. The travel restrictions and bubble fatigue is expected to be the reason for the same. He would be trying to focus on the IPL and the ICC T20 World Cup as both the tournaments have just a couple of days of gap between them. Keeping himself fit for these two events can be the prime concern.

Talking about the same, Shane Warne said on Fox Cricket’s Road To The Ashes podcast, “Unfortunately, Glenn Maxwell has pulled out of The Hundred. We were really excited to get him in the draft. We know he’s a match-winner, and we were excited to have him. We’ve now replaced him with Josh Inglis from Western Australia, so we are lucky to have him.”

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Glenn Maxwell will also not be traveling to West Indies with the Australian team for the limited-overs series. Maxwell had a good phase 1 of IPL 2021 while playing for the RCB side. He was able to justify the huge price tag which his name carried in the auction. It would be worth watching to see how he performs in IPL 2021 and then in the mega ICC event.