Glenn Maxwell says he told RCB to drop him vs SRH: Time we tried someone else

Glenn Maxwell says he told RCB to drop him vs SRH: Time we tried someone else

Glenn Maxwell said that he asked the RCB team management to drop him from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 clash against SRH on Monday, April 15 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The hosts made a few changes to their XI and named Will Jacks, Lockie Ferguson and Reece Topley as their overseas contingent along with skipper Faf du Plessis. Maxwell was going through a poor run of form as he scored only 32 runs from 6 matches at an average of 5.33 and a strike-rate of 94.11.

The hard-hitting batter got into double digits only once with a top score of 28 and bagged 3 ducks in the ongoing edition of the T20 league. The Victorian admitted that it was high time that RCB looked at a different option in the middle order. Maxwell said that he did not want to repeat mistakes from the past and get himself more into trouble.

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Maxwell looking for mental, physical space

“For me, personally, it was a pretty easy decision. I went to Faf [du Plessis] and the coaches after the last game and said I felt it was probably time we tried someone else. I have been in this situation in the past where you can keep playing and get yourself deeper into a hole,” Maxwell said in the post-match press conference.

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“I think now is actually a good time for me to give myself a bit of a mental and physical break, get my body right. If I’m required to get in during the tournament, I can hopefully get back into a really solid mental and physical space where I can still have an impact,” Maxwell said.

“We have had a pretty big deficiency straight after the powerplay, which has been my area of strength over the last couple of seasons. I felt like I wasn’t contributing in a positive way with the bat, and with the results and the position we find ourselves on the table, I think it’s a good time to give someone else an opportunity to show their wares, and hopefully, someone can make that spot their own,” Maxwell added.

The changes RCB made in the match against SRH did not pay dividends as they lost the match by 25 runs at home. After being asked to chase down a gigantic score of 288, Bengaluru finished at 262 for 7 in 20 overs.

Losing 6 out of 7 matches, du Plessis’ men are languishing at the bottom of the table with 2 points and a net run rate of -1.185.