As recently as 1 year ago, there were many who considered Glenn
Maxwell as the symbol of everything that is wrong with modern cricket.
Plucked from relative darkness and thrust onto the stage of cricket's guilty pleasure, the IPL, the 25-year-old and his $1 million contract came to be seen as representative of the true extent of the game's lamentable and cash-fuelled shift.
Yet in spite of that almost toxic outside perception, Maxwell now stands as the biggest international star of T20 cricket just 12 months on.
Of course, Maxwell's now well-documented explosions in the recent ICC World T20 and ongoing IPL have launched the Australian to the forefront of the sport. But, for those whose eyes haven't strayed elsewhere, his latest outbursts merely form part of the anticipated journey. Those feet of his have remained firmly planted, too.
Glenn Maxwell inspires fear. He is exhilarating, heis inspiring, and he is scary. Till now this kind of fear was the sole domain of Chris Gayle.
Maxwell is the new, improved Chris Gayle.
Plucked from relative darkness and thrust onto the stage of cricket's guilty pleasure, the IPL, the 25-year-old and his $1 million contract came to be seen as representative of the true extent of the game's lamentable and cash-fuelled shift.
Yet in spite of that almost toxic outside perception, Maxwell now stands as the biggest international star of T20 cricket just 12 months on.
Of course, Maxwell's now well-documented explosions in the recent ICC World T20 and ongoing IPL have launched the Australian to the forefront of the sport. But, for those whose eyes haven't strayed elsewhere, his latest outbursts merely form part of the anticipated journey. Those feet of his have remained firmly planted, too.
Glenn Maxwell inspires fear. He is exhilarating, heis inspiring, and he is scary. Till now this kind of fear was the sole domain of Chris Gayle.
Maxwell is the new, improved Chris Gayle.
Contributed By: Siddharth Jha
