‘IPL will probably be the last tournament’: Glenn Maxwell before the mini-auction

While talking about IPL, Maxwell feels that playing in the league is the greatest learning experience any player can ask for.

New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who is in deadly form, revealed that the Indian Premier League will be the last tournament he will ever play. He will play in the league until he can no longer walk.

Maxwell was part of Australia’s 2023 ODI World Cup-bound squad and he played a crucial role for the win as he played a match-winning knock in the crucial situation against Afghanistan that helped Australia qualify for the semi-finals.

While talking about IPL, Maxwell feels that playing in the league is the greatest learning experience any player can ask for.

“The IPL will probably be the last tournament I ever play as I will be playing the IPL until I can no longer walk,” Maxwell said at Melbourne Airport on Wednesday.

“I was talking about how good the IPL has been to me throughout my career; the people I met, the coaches I played under, the international players you get to deal with, how useful that tournament was for my entire career.

“You work with AB (de Villiers) and Virat (Kohli) for two months, talking to them while watching other matches.

“It’s simply the best learning experience any player could ask for.

“Hopefully a lot of our Australian players can move over to the IPL and get started in somewhat similar conditions to the West Indies, where it will be a bit drier and turn around.”

In the last season of IPL, Maxwell scored 400 runs with a highest score of 77 runs and scalped 3 wickets. He was the crucial cog for RCB.

In the recently concluded T20I series against India. Maxwell scored a whopping 104* runs, which helped Australia win the third T20I.