Glenn Maxwell

Glenn James Maxwell is an Australian professional cricketer. He has played for the Australia national cricket team in all formats of the game since 2012, although he is primarily a One Day International and Twenty20 International specialist. Domestically he played for Victoria and Melbourne Stars. He was part of the Australian squads that won the 2015 Cricket World Cup, the 2023 Cricket World Cup, and the 2021 T20 World Cup.

Early life:

Maxwell played junior cricket for South Belgrave Cricket Club. He initially played as a fast bowler, before moving to bowl off spin. Maxwell married his long-time girlfriend Vini Raman in March 2022. The couple have a son born in September 2023.

Domestic Career:

• Maxwell joined the Victorian squad in 2009 – 10 following an injury to Andrew McDonald in November. He made his senior debut for the one – day side in February 2010 and was selected to play for the Australian Institute of Sports in the 2010 Emerging Players Tournament.
• Maxwell attracted national attention in February 2011 after scoring a match winning 51 from 19 balls in a Ryobi Cup game against Tasmania, the fastest half – century in Australian domestic one – day history.
• First – class debut: for Victoria against New South Wales later in the month, taking two wickets and scoring 38 runs on debut
• The following month he scored his debut first – class century, making 103 runs against South Australia.

IPL Career:

• Maxwell has played in Twenty20 cricket franchises leagues in Australia, India and England.
• In India he played for Delhi Daredevils in 2012 before being bought in the 2013 IPL auction by Mumbai Indians, becoming the most expensive purchase at the auction, commanding a price of US$1 million.
• In 2014 he was bought by Kings XI Punjab, making scores of 95, 89, 95 and 90 runs during the season. He was retained by the side for the following two seasons.
• He returned to play for Delhi ahead of the 2018 season. He had a poor season before being the subject of a bidding war between Delhi and Punjab ahead of the 2020 season, eventually being bought by Punjab.
• In 2021, he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore after another bidding war, this time with the Chennai Super Kings, and finished the season as the team’s highest scorer, with 513 runs. He was retained by the side for the 2022 season.
• He was bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the 2024 season.

International Career

• Test debut: for Australia on 2 March 2013 against India
• ODI debut: for Australia on 25 August 2012 against Afghanistan
• T20I debut: for Australia on 5 September 2012 against Pakistan

Major Achievements:

• In 2011, he set a new record for the fastest ever half – century in Australian domestic one day cricket, scoring 50 runs from 19 balls.
• Maxwell has played domestic Twenty20 cricket in both India and England and has scored centuries in all three international cricket formats, one of only 25 cricketers who have achieved this feat.
• In November 2017 he scored his maiden double – century, scoring 278 in the Sheffield Shield and in October 2023 set a new record for the fastest century scored at a Cricket World Cup, reaching his century in 40 balls against the Netherlands.
• In November 2023, he also set a new record for the fastest double century scored in a World Cup, becoming just the third person to do so.
• He also became the first male batsman to score a double century for Australia in ODIs and scored the winning runs against India in the 2023 Cricket World Cup final.
• In the same month just after the World Cup, he equaled Rohit Sharma’s world record for having scored the most number of centuries in T20I cricket when he slammed his fourth career T20I century against India.
• He also became the first batsman in men’s T20Is to complete three centuries while chasing.
• He also became the first and only batsman to complete a century in his 100th T20I match.