Australian batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell recently revealed an awkward moment between himself and KL Rahul in his new book ‘The Showman by Glenn Maxwell’ as well. The incident happened during India’s tour down under in 2020-21. Playing in a second stint for the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 2020 IPL season, he had a campaign to forget. Maxwell had a poor season where KL Rahul was PBKS’ captain and saw the team finish sixth in the eight-team race as well.
The lines from Glenn Maxwell’s book narrating the incident as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo read: “Not for lack of trying, I didn’t clear the rope in the whole tournament, something that became an internet joke, building game by game. Returning home for a one-dayer against India straight after the tournament, nine balls into my knock, there was that sweet feeling of a switch hit coming out of the middle for six. I added two more in a minute.”
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“When I turned around, I remembered that my Kings captain KL Rahul was behind the stumps for India. The look on his face could best be described as “What the f***?” All I could do was shrug and say sorry. At some point you need to surrender to the reality of what you are. This is me,” he added.
However, Glenn Maxwell further revealed that an idea from Virat Kohli from the same 2020/21 Indian tour of Australia helped him months later. He joined the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for IPL 2021 as well. He has played for RCB from the 2021 to 2024 IPL seasons with good success too.
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“Who to thank? Virat Kohli. On that same tour of Australia, he wanted to whisper an idea to me: him, me and AB de Villiers to be the middle order at Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2021. I was in love with this before he finished his sentence. Having started with Sachin and Ricky, the chance to bat with the equivalent of them in my own generation, in those gold pads no less, was irresistible,” wrote Glenn Maxwell.
