Glenn Maxwell backed to come good on India tour

Having made the squad for the upcoming Indian tour, Glenn Maxwell has put an end to what has been almost two years of inconsistency with the bat. Having impressed with a few strong performances in the Big Bash League, it seems quite clear that Maxwell will be itching to make his comeback in the grand scheme of things.

Trevor Hohns, the chief selector of the Australian cricket board went on to add that Maxwell was a player with immense experience in the subcontinent with both bat as well as ball.

“Glenn is very experienced in Indian conditions,” Trevor Hohns, the interim chairman of selectors said on Sunday. “He’s generally regarded as a good player of spin bowling. He’s a good fielder, and his offspin could be handy. If conditions prevail, we have the option of playing him as the allrounder and having the extra spinning option available to us.”

Maxwell also added to the sentiment by Hohns stating that he was raring to go with the new opportunity at hand.

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“I’m really looking forward to hopefully getting an opportunity, and, if it does come, grabbing hold of it with two hands,” Maxwell said. “I had a really good opportunity in Abu Dhabi to really nail down a spot. I probably let some good opportunities slip. It was a good wicket that first innings, I got myself a start and that was where it ended. I was hoping for a long time that wouldn’t be my last Test, I’m just so happy to be back in this fold.

Maxwell also went on to add that results and numbers had a big say in a cricketing career. “You can get caught up in results a lot as a cricketer and that can drive your mood a lot of the time,” Maxwell said. “I tried to take that out of it and found I was just going out there and enjoying it. The time I spent back at Fitzroy-Doncaster was perfect timing. I got to spend some time with my mates, play relaxed park cricket and the results didn’t really matter that much.”

Speaking about his performance in the first ODI in Melbourne, Maxwell went on to say, “It was obviously trying to get a win for my team, but to be out there and just take the pressure off myself, relax and enjoy the game of cricket, which is why we play, because we love it… To reignite that love by playing park cricket was perfect timing. Since then I’ve been trying to look at it more positively and not worry about results as much.”