RCB all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is nursing a “hip strain” and is unlikely to return for his team’s away IPL 2024 encounter against KKR at Eden Gardens on Sunday. The 35-year-old, who has only scored 32 runs in six innings with an average of 5.33, pulled out of their previous encounter against SRH, citing “physical and mental tolls that probably just wore me down a little bit.” “I’ve actually got a little bit of a hip strain so I’ve got a few more days off and during recovery,” Maxwell said on ESPN’s ‘Around the Wicket’ show.
advertisement
“So I’ve got a little period here where I’m still training, still trying to get myself right. If there is a spot that becomes available, I’ll obviously put my hand up and take it.” “It’s not one of those things where I’ve set a date that I’ll be out for three games then I’ll come back whenever I’m ready. That’s that’s not how it works. I haven’t been at a level that’s good enough to warrant a spot on the side this year.”
Maxwell also clarified his decision to request to be dropped from RCB’s line-up for the most recent IPL encounter against Hyderabad. Maxwell said it had nothing to do with needing to take a long break from the event. He simply thought he was not in the best XI and wanted to avoid any difficult conversations with captain Faf du Plessis and coach Andy Flower by requesting to be omitted.
IPL 2024 Full Coverage | IPL 2024 Points Table and Standings | 2024 IPL Full Schedule
“I was pretty low on confidence,” Maxwell said. “I had a good couple of net sessions and just went out to the ground and felt really tentative. I wasn’t able to really commit to my game plans and just felt like if I had kept playing and playing that role, I don’t think the results would change too much.
“So I just went to Faf and said, look, I think we need to try someone else in my position and had the same conversation with Andy Flower, the coach, and to me it was a bit of a no-brainer. I think it sort of saves the tough conversation they might have to have about dropping me.
“I felt really at peace with it. Obviously, I’m frustrated that I wasn’t able to get the results I would have liked but comfortable in the fact that I know I feel like I’ve made the right decision for the team and it’s certainly not like I’m taking an extended break away from the game.