Glenn Maxwell suffers a heatstroke ahead of the first Test

Destructive Australian Glenn Maxwell is currently in Bangladesh as the Aussies are all set to lock horns with the hosts in a two-match Test series. However, the batsman is going through a grilling time at the country because of the intense heat and Australia’s hardcore training sessions. The batsman fell victim to a heat stroke with just four days left for the first Testa t Mirpur on 27th August.

Australia‘s practice game against the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI got canceled due to the swamped ground conditions and the team is now being put through rigorous fitness and training drills in the humid conditions of Bangladesh. Maxwell admitted to the fact that that he is having a tough time adapting to the conditions but is sure of being in the playing XI of the first Test.

What Maxwell had to say:

“I copped a bit of heatstroke on the first day, which wasn’t a good start,” a smiling Maxwell told reporters on Wednesday.

“I think just doing some running outside then had to go inside to do some fitness testing, and then going back outside (to train) didn’t help too much.” he added.

“Basically my body shut down a little bit but I was fine after a bit of an ice bath and plenty of fluids.” said Maxwell.

The Australians decided to take the field for practice on Tuesday instead of Wednesday to avoid rainfall, which would have forced them to practice indoors. It was a good move as Wednesday saw a lot of rains along with thunderstorms.

“With the morning rain and the overnight rain, I think all the moisture’s coming out of the ground and making it quite sweaty work for us,” Maxwell said.

“But it’s been good, we’ve got a lot out of the last few days, basically putting on the finishing touches for day one.” added Maxwell.

Maxwell mentioned that he is yet to solve the mystery of the Sher-E-Bangla pitch, but he is expecting the pitch to be a great turner. According to the right handed power hitter, they have practiced dealing with spin in their intra-squad match in Darwin and also learned a lot from the 2-1 series loss to India earlier this year. But the batsman believes that they are now well equipped to deal with the Bangladeshi spin attack.

“As we showed in India, we probably prefer those wickets where the ball beats our defence and we’re able to sort of just play the line,” he said.

“When it’s spinning big consistently, you can hold your defence and you can trust that the ball’s going to miss the outside edge.” he added.

“We put extreme conditions in (place for) Darwin with the wickets, where we made them ridiculously tough to bat on and guys tested themselves really well during that week.”  said Maxwell.

“The wickets were perfect. Even coming here and having a couple of hits on these wickets, it’s very similar to what we were facing in Darwin, if not a little bit easier I suppose in the nets.”

“I think the guys are more than well-equipped to handle whatever comes at us in this first Test.” he signed off.