IPL will probably be the last tournament I ever play: Glenn Maxwell

Glenn Maxwell made his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut in 2012 and is ready to play in the cash-rich T20 league until he “can’t walk anymore”. He first played in the IPL for Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils) in 2012 before joining Mumbai Indians in 2013 for US$ 1 million. He joined Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2014.

Currently, he plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore and joined them in 2021.

Reflecting on his long association with the league, Maxwell said he will continue to play in IPL till he can.

“The IPL will probably be the last tournament I ever play, as I will play the IPL until I can’t walk anymore,” Maxwell said.

His tenure with RCB is Maxwell’s most successful one in IPL. He has scored 513 runs, 301 and 400 in the last three seasons for RCB after scoring 169 and 108 in his last two seasons before joining the franchise. Maxwell also highlighted how the tournament has helped him improve as a player.

“I was talking about how good the IPL has been to me throughout my career; the people I’ve met, the coaches I have played under, the international players that you get to rub shoulders with, how beneficial to my whole career that tournament has been,” Maxwell said.

“You’re rubbing shoulders with AB [de Villiers] and Virat [Kohli] for two months, talking to them while watching other games. It’s just the greatest learning experience that any player could ask for.”

Maxwell played a big role as Australia won the ODI World Cup beating India in the final. He said that the focus for the Aussies is now the 2024 T20 World Cup.

“Hopefully a lot of our Australian players can get over to the IPL and get to work in slightly similar conditions to the West Indies, where it is a little bit drier, it will spin.”

“As soon as we won this World Cup, we all talked about refocusing towards the next one. I’m hoping it’s going be a really exciting summer for the BBL, with what is just around the corner,” he said.