New Delhi. Glenn Maxwell played an unbeaten innings of 201 against Afghanistan in World Cup 2023 despite injury. After 7 wickets fell for 91 runs, Maxwell led the team to a thrilling victory. Now Maxwell has scored a brilliant century in the third match of the T20 series against the Indian team. On the last ball of the match, Maxwell gave the Kangaroo team a memorable victory by hitting fast bowler Ishtan Krishna for a four. Batting first in the match, Team India scored 222 runs for 3 wickets. Rituraj Gaekwad played an aggressive innings of 123 not out in 57 balls. But Maxwell scored an unbeaten 108 off 48 balls to snatch victory from the Indian team. He hit 8 fours and 8 sixes. This is the fourth century of his T20 international career. He has also become the joint highest century scorer with Rohit Sharma.
The 35-year-old Glenn Maxwell has so far played 21 T20 International matches against Team India. He has scored 554 runs at an average of 33. Scored 2 centuries and 2 half centuries. 113 runs not out is the best performance. During this time he has also hit 32 fours and 37 sixes. Maxwell has become the batsman to hit most sixes against India in T20 Internationals. Earlier this record was held by Nicholas Pooran of West Indies. Puran has hit 35 sixes in 20 T20 matches against India.
Second in runs
Glenn Maxwell has become the second highest run-scorer against Team India in T20 Internationals. He has scored 554 runs at a strike rate of 152. Nicholas Pooran is at number one. Puran has scored 592 runs at a strike rate of 135. Former Australia captain Aaron Finch is third with 500 runs. No other batsman in the world has scored 500 runs in T20 Internationals against India. There are still 2 matches left in the series. In such a situation, Maxwell had a chance to reach 600 runs, but he could not do so. He has been rested from the last 2 matches of the series.
Maxwell shone in the top-5
Glenn Maxwell scored a 47-ball century in the third T20I. He thus became joint number one in terms of fastest centuries in T20 Internationals for Australia. Earlier, Aaron Finch scored a century against England in 2013 and Josh English also scored a 47-ball century against Team India in the first match of the current series. Maxwell scored a 49-ball century against Sri Lanka in 2016 and a 50-ball century against India in 2019. That means Maxwell’s name is in the list of top-5 fastest centuries 3 times.
Team India lost even after scoring 222 runs, captain Suryakumar explained the reason, said – I gave Akshar the 19th over…
Glenn Maxwell is part of Virat Kohli’s team Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. So far he has scored 2275 runs at an average of 30 in 92 innings of T20 Internationals. He has scored 4 centuries and 10 fifties. 145 runs not out is the best performance. He has also taken 39 wickets as an off-spinner. If we look at his overall T20 career, Maxwell has scored 9215 runs in 385 innings at an average of 28. He has scored 6 centuries and 52 fifties. Has played innings of more than 50 runs 58 times. Has hit 452 sixes. Also took 146 wickets. 3 wickets for 10 runs is the best performance.
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Tags: Australia, Glenn Maxwell, Team India
First published: November 29, 2023, 08:16 IST