Glenn Maxwell, who had a horrible outing in IPL 2020, made an outstanding begin to his Indian Premier League 2021 marketing campaign as he smashed 39 runs off simply 28 balls for his new franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore in opposition to Mumbai Indians on Friday (April 9).
Maxwell’s innings was laced with 3 fours and a couple of sixes and during his knock, the Australian smashed a monstrous 100-meter six off Krunal Pandya that despatched the ball crusing over the stands and out of the bottom after bouncing off the roof of the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Meanwhile, RCB skipper Virat Kohli, the non-striker on the time, was astonished on the strike and his reaction was priceless.
Check Maxwell’s six and Kohli’s reaction right here:
#GlennMaxwell #100meter #sixerr #rcb #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/743FbwLxcp
— Queen of coronary heart (@thirumalinioff) April 9, 2021
A 100-meter monster from Glenn Maxwell!!!
He sends the ball out of the stadium.
Virat Kohli’s reaction says all of it. #IPL2021 #GlennMaxwell #RCBvsMI #MIvRCB #Maxwellpic.twitter.com/npg3DhlcdI
— OneCricket (@OneCricketApp) April 9, 2021
Talking in regards to the match, seamer Harshal Patel’s five-wicket haul (5/27) helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Mumbai Indians (MI) by two wickets in a last-ball thriller.
Patel ran by means of MI’s center and decrease order to limit them to 159/9 after they have been cruising at 86/1 halfway by means of their innings.
RCB have been then powered by a 27-ball 48 from AB de Villiers and a 28-ball 39 from Glenn Maxwell whilst they made heavy climate of the chase, successful it off the final ball of the match despite the fact that they’d been arrange effectively by a 52-run third-wicket stand between skipper Virat Kohli (33 off 29) and Maxwell.
Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 159/9 in 20 overs (C Lynn 49, S Yadav 31, I Kishan 28, H Patel 5/27) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 160/8 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 48, G Maxwell 39, V Kohli 33, J Bumrah 2/26, M Jansen 2/28).
