Former England player Graeme Swann has said he was dumbfounded when he found Glenn Maxwell’s name in Kings XI Punjab playing for his 2020 IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Swann’s comments came long before Maxwell failed to score 14 runs in Sunil Narine’s last over when KXIP plummeted in a dramatic two-run loss despite KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal’s position of the century in a chase. of 165 races.
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“I’m in awe that Maxwell has retained his place,” Swann told Star Sports after KXIP captain KL Rahul reported in the draw that there was only one change of relatives on that side: Chris Jordan instead of Sheldon Cottrell .
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Including Saturday’s game, Maxwell has scored just 58 runs in seven games in this IPL. “Maxwell has been paid a lot of money and right now he is not making the profit. He’s a quality player, he scored runs for Australia in England, he has to take on more responsibilities, ”Swann added.
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Former India starter Virender Sehwag and former England hitter Kevin Pietersen had also questioned Maxwell’s position at KXIP Playing XI. On the 18th, with 22 needed, KKR turned KXIP around. Nicholas Pooran was fired by Narine, who conceded just two. In the next over, two wickets on three balls really balanced the balance in KKR’s favor.
The equation was reduced to 14 required from the last over, and then to six from the final delivery to take the match to Super Over. But Maxwell was only able to hit the boundary, landing two inches from the boundary ropes for KXIP to lose another close game.
In six IPL games, Maxwell has scored 1, 5, 13, 11, 11 *, 7 and 10 * which are pretty poor numbers for someone of caliber. On Sunday in the final, Australia’s off-road switch hit Narine with a six in the final, but he couldn’t get the job done.
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