One of Maxwell’s last IPL six innings consisted of a 30, making his total score look slightly better than it could have been. PBKS has bought the services of the batting all-rounder for INR 4.2 crore at the mega auction ahead of IPL 2025. Ponting bluntly admitted that the think tank did not feel the top Australian would fit into the XI, which became one of the main reasons for looking past him.
“I love Glenn and what he brings to the game. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get the best out of him last year. Looking ahead to this season, we didn’t feel he would be part of our starting team, so we decided to release him,” Ponting told Star Sports after the retentions were announced on Saturday.
The 2025 season marked the Australian all-rounder’s return to the PBKS setup after four years with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The 2020 installment was in fact Maxwell’s second stint with the Punjab-based franchise. He also had a disappointing season, scoring only 108 runs in 11 innings.
Maxwell was at his fiery best in his first season for PBKS in 2014, hitting a remarkable 187.75 while playing 16 matches. Incidentally, that was also PBKS’s first season in which he reached the IPL final. Eleven years later, in 2025, they reached the summit clash again.
Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen and Praveen Dubey are the other players released along with Maxwell. In the mini-auction that will take place next month around December 16, PBKS will have a remaining purse of INR 11.5 crore with four slots left. It will be interesting to see which franchise goes after Maxwell, and if he gets any bids at all.
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