Glenn Maxwell of Royal Challengers Bangalore going backmost to pavilion during lucifer 6 of the Indian Premier League play 17 (IPL 2024) betwixt Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings held astatine the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru connected the 25th March 2024. (Sportzpics)
Glenn Maxwell bears nary sick volition towards Royal Challengers Bengaluru for not retaining him earlier the upcoming IPL auctions and adjacent lauded the franchise for explaining to him the crushed down specified a decision.
“I got a telephone telephone from Mo Bobat and Andy Flower. I sat determination connected a zoom call, wherever they explained the determination not to beryllium retained. It was really truly beautiful, but whitethorn beryllium if that could beryllium possible. We ended up talking astir the crippled for astir half-an-hour, talking astir their strategy and what they are looking to bash going forward,” Maxwell said connected ESPNcricinfo’s Around the Wicket show.
“I wholly recognize the absorption they are heading. They request 3 Indians to physique that halfway and hopefully, their overseas players tin complement those locals. I was truly blessed with that. If each squad did that, I deliberation astir apt volition marque relationships much smoother,” added the Australian.
Maxwell joined RCB successful 2021 is presently the franchise’s fifth-highest tally getter with 1266 runs from 52 matches and besides played a cardinal relation successful the middle-order successful the past 4 seasons, retired of which the Bengaluru broadside made it to 3 play-offs.
The each rounder, however, inactive has anticipation that he’ll beryllium picked by RCB successful the upcoming auctions.
“I won’t accidental my RCB innings is implicit but I would surely similar to get backmost there. It was a large franchise and I truly enjoyed my clip there,” helium said.
RCB retained Virat Kohli astatine a whopping Rs 21 crore, making the erstwhile India skipper the most-expensive Indian retention during the IPL 2025 Player Retentions connected Thursday.
Besides Kohli, RCB retained middle-order batter Rajat Patidar and left-arm seamer Yash Dayal. While Patidar was retained astatine Rs 11 crore, Dayal was marked astatine Rs 5 crore. This besides means that RCB volition person 3 Right to Match (RTM) cards disposable during the upcoming IPL 2025 Mega Auction.