A change in Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise seems to have worked wonders for Australian batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, at least going by his show for his new team Royal Challengers Bangalore in the tournament opener against Mumbai Indians here on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The hard-hitting right-handed batsman, who had failed to impress with the bat while turning out for the Punjab franchise in IPL 2020, hit a 28-ball 39 (4x3, 6x2) to help RCB clinch a 2-wicket thriller against Mumbai in the opening match of the season on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The highest that the Aussie all-rounder got last season was just 32.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Maxwell had failed to hit a six in the whole of last season. He faced 106 deliveries across 13 matches but couldn't send a single shot over the boundary for a six. He hit just nine fours and aggregated just 108 runs at a strike rate of 101.88 and an average of 15.42.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
No wonder, Punjab Kings released him ahead of this season's IPL mini-auction. However, RCB picked him up for a whopping Rs 14.25 crore with skipper Virat Kohli showing immense faith in the Aussie.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"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 said in a video uploaded by the franchise on its Youtube page.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We wanted Maxi, specifically targeted him at the auction in February. You obviously feel great when things end up happening to where you thought they would," Kohli said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
And Maxwell pushed up the order to bat at No. 4, responded with a nice cameo, hitting two sixes and three fours.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/glenn-maxwell-repays-kohlis-faith-in-season-opener-.jpg", "alt_img": "Cricket Image for IPL 2021, MI v RCB: Glenn Maxwell Repays Kohli's Faith In Season Opener ", "alt_title": "Glenn Maxwell", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "IPL 2021, MI v RCB: Glenn Maxwell Repays Kohli's Faith In Season Opener On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "A change in Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise seems to have worked wonders for Australian batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell.", "seo_keywords": "Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2021, Glenn Maxwell", "tag": "", "tagging": "Royal Challengers Bangalore,IPL 2021,Glenn Maxwell,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "ipl-2021-mi-v-rcb-glenn-maxwell-repays-kohlis-faith-in-season-opener", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2355", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2021-04-10 10:43:23", "updated": "2021-04-10 10:43:50", "img_from": "Image Source: Google", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, IPL 2021, Royal Challengers Bangalore, RCB, Kohli Maxwell, Maxwell Kohli, Maxwell Auction", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "21", "jio_date": "2021-04-10 10:43:23", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2021-04-10 10:43:23", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "england_cricket": "0", "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/ipl-2021-mi-v-rcb-glenn-maxwell-repays-kohlis-faith-in-season-opener-74049" }