Glenn Maxell will miss Pakistan tour, IPL opener due to wedding

Glenn Maxwell, an Australian cricketer, has revealed that he would miss the Pakistan tour, as well as the start of the IPL 2022, because of his approaching wedding with his Indian-origin finance Vini Raman in late March.

Maxwell, 33, who is in contention to captain Royal Challengers Bangalore this season, said officially during the T20 World Cup in November last year that he will miss the Pakistan tour owing to his wedding in late March.

Due to scheduling adjustments, Maxwell informed ‘Fox Sports’ that the conflict was unavoidable. Along with Virat Kohli and Mohammad Siraj, he is one of the Royal Challengers Bangalore players that have been retained. After the third T20 against Sri Lanka in Canberra, Maxwell said there was a two-week gap where he was hoping to get it.”

As a result, when I realized it, I was relieved that I wouldn’t miss any of the series. In the middle of last year, I went to the [CA] contract meeting, and they said, “Well, this is when the Pakistan series is on,” and I thought, “Well, obviously that has changed since our last conversation.” I’m only speculating on what I think will be a factor.

The IPL is scheduled to start from the last week of March, with a Pakistan limited-overs trip beginning on March 29.

Before the IPL was canceled last year, the Australian combo of pacer Kane Richardson and spinner Adam Zampa had departed India owing to the catastrophic COVID-19 wave. Both bowlers had no takers in last week’s IPL super auctions. Richardson was more shocked by Zampa’s failure to sell.

I was certainly more surprised for him. To be entirely frank, I remember talking with him as we left last year, despite the circumstances.

“I told him, “Look, this might come back to bite us,” and it wasn’t a priority for us to be there at the time. We were eager to return to Australia.” “So, I believe there might be some customers who would be hesitant to pick us up because they assumed we wouldn’t return. “According to Richardson”, this is unquestionably a factor.

 Due to the birth of his kid, the right-arm pacer missed the 2020 IPL. He stated that he understood why the IPL teams did not bid on him, but he has yet to speak with any of them.

In my opinion, I am just speculating on what I think will be a factor.  I’m not sure. I’ve never had a conversation with a franchise or a person that claims that’s the case. But I guess I didn’t go as well the year before with the birth of my son.” So, my reputation is probably that I haven’t gone in a previous couple of years, so it’s not something I am.

“I aim to play as much cricket as possible. But I believe the circumstances of the previous two IPLs have prevented me from participating. But that’s not the kind of reputation I’m looking for “He continued.