Kings XI Punjab batsman Glenn Maxwell responded to the criticism that he has been facing due to his poor string of scores in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2020. The hard-hitting batsman said that he hasn’t spent much time at the crease this season.
Maxwell's failure has played a major part in KXIP’s slump in this year’s IPL. The batter has registered scores of 10*, 7, 11, 13*, 5 and 1. A total of 58 runs in seven innings.
"If you look at our batting order, three of the guys batting ahead of me are among the top-10 run-scorers in the tournament. It doesn’t leave a whole lot of runs for the guys batting below,” he told Hindustan Times.
Maxwell isn’t sweating much as he believes that a good knock is around the corner. He also added that in certain situations, his role was to provide strike to the well-set batsman during the slog overs.
"I have been not out three times. Probably it shows how little amount of balls I am getting at the end of the innings. I am still trying to do the best I can. I am still batting well. Lot of the time I am trying to get the player who has been batting longer on strike.” he added.
"Yeah, I haven’t got a whole lot of opportunities so far and people will look at the amount of runs I have scored. With the limited opportunities I have got, I still feel I am hitting the ball really well," the Australian cricketer opined.
Maxwell also shed light on KXIP’s poor show in the tournament. He said that fortunes would turn in the second half of the league. Punjab will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in Sharjah on Thursday. They will have to win at least six of the remaining seven games in order to make a bid for a place in the playoffs.
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