RCB began off IPL 2021 with a win over five-time champs Mumbai Indians. With this win, they register first factors of the match and are on prime of the factors desk.
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Meanwhile, A change in Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise appears to have labored wonders for Australian batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, at the least going by his present for his new group Royal Challengers Bangalore within the match opener towards Mumbai Indians right here on Friday.
The hard-hitting right-handed batsman, who had did not impress with the bat whereas turning out for the Punjab franchise in IPL 2020, hit a 28-ball 39 (4×3, 6×2) to assist RCB clinch a 2-wicket thriller towards Mumbai within the opening match of the season on Friday.
The highest that the Aussie all-rounder bought final season was simply 32.
Maxwell had did not hit a six in the entire of final season. He confronted 106 deliveries throughout 13 matches however couldn’t ship a single shot over the boundary for a six. He hit simply 9 fours and aggregated simply 108 runs at a strike charge of 101.88 and a median of 15.42.
No marvel, Punjab Kings launched him forward of this season’s IPL mini-auction. However, RCB picked him up for a whopping Rs 14.25 crore with skipper Virat Kohli exhibiting immense religion within the Aussie.
“He’s a good guy, we’ve caught up in the past as well when I was in Australia on a tour. He’s just very happy to be in RCB and I see a different energy about him this time,” Kohli mentioned in a video uploaded by the franchise on its Youtube web page.
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And Maxwell, pushed up the order to bat at No. 4, responded with a pleasant cameo, hitting two sixes and three fours.
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