Glenn Maxwell: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Glenn Maxwell has completed a new milestone in RCB’s 7 run victory over Rajasthan Royals (RR). Maxwell has completed 1,000 runs for the franchise during his match winning knock. The Aussie batter reached the milestone at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in the 32nd match of the Indian Premier League 2023. Maxwell made a counter attacking 77 runs off 44 balls with six fours and four sixes, striking at 175. Captain Faf du Plessis and Maxwell helped their side reach 189 after a tough start. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
Glenn Maxwell completes 1,000 runs for RCB in the IPL.
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— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 23, 2023
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Glenn Maxwell: RCB career
Maxwell was bought by RCB in the year 2021 at Rs 14.25 crore. He has scored total 1,067 runs in 35 matches for Bangalore. He has bagged 10 half-centuries and hit 92 fours and 59 sixes.
In the IPL career, he has 2,572 runs in 117 games with a strike rate of 156.73 and an average of 26.52. he had 16 fifties under his belt with 210 fours and 150 sixes.
For RCB his best season so far came in the first outing, he had scored 513 runs in 15 matches. His average was 42.75 and a strike rate of 144.10. He had hit 48 fours and 21 sixes in that year.
How RCB’s innings progressed
Virat Kohli and Faf Du Plessis stepped onto the pitch as RCB were asked to bat first. RR pace bowler Trent Boult drew the first blood as Virat Kohli walked back to the pavilion for a golden duck 0(1). The inswinging delivery from the left armer has been the Achilles heel of Kohli for the past few overs. Shahbaz Ahmed came in but lost his wicket to Boult in the third over of the match.
Du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell stepped up once again to bring RCB’s innings back on track. They dealt in boundaries and at the end of the powerplay RCB managed to put a score of 62/2 on the board. Maxwell and Du Plessis continued their onslaught on Rajasthan bowlers. Maxwell completed his quick-fire half-century in 9.4 overs.
RCB crossed the 100-run mark with a four on the final ball of the 10th over. At halfway point of the first innings, RCB had a score of 101/2 on the board.
However, RCB started to lose momentum in the 14th over as they have in the previous matches. Yashasvi Jaiswal produced a sensational effort in the field as he sent Faf Du Plessis back to the dugout for a score of 62(39) following a runout. Ravichandran Ashwin followed up quickly and picked up the wicket of Glenn Maxwell on the final ball of the 15th over for a score of 77(44).
In the remaining five overs RCB lost the wickets on a consistent basis. Dinesh Karthik tried to put up a fight and take RCB’s total close to the 200 run-mark, but he ended up losing his wicket in the final over. Sandeep Sharma produced an economical final over to keep RCB’s score below 200.
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