IPL 2025

Glenn Maxwell has scored only 48 runs so far this campaign © Sportzpics

Glenn Maxwell’s IPL 2025 might be over following a fractured finger. His captain at Punjab Kings, Shreyas Iyer, confirmed the injury at the toss ahead of the game against CSK in Chennai on April 30. Shreyas also said that the team hasn’t thought of replacement yet – the strongest hint that Maxwell might not feature in the season again.

“It’s very unfortunate that he’s got a fractured finger,” Shreyas said at the toss. “To be honest, we haven’t decided about the replacements yet so far but we are pretty strong in our team’s mindset and what we have outside of our playing XI. We’ve got varieties of players who can win you matches. So we’re going to stick to that as much as possible.”

Maxwell’s Australian compatriot at the franchise, Marcus Stoinis also spoke of the injury and reckoned the all-rounder’s season is done. Stoinis revealed that Maxwell suffered the injury before their previous fixture – the rain-hit game against KKR, where Maxwell batted too. For the CSK game, PBKS replaced Maxwell with Suryansh Shedge in their playing XI, picking just three overseas players.

“Unfortunately, Maxi’s broken his finger. He broke it just before the last game at training. He didn’t think it was too bad, but it ended up getting pretty bad. He had scans and yeah, the results weren’t great. So unfortunately for Maxi, I think it’s likely he’s out for the tournament,” Stoinis told Jiostar.

Maxwell did not enjoy a happy return to the franchise where he made headlines 11 seasons ago with a swashbuckling campaign of 552 runs at a strike rate of 187.75. He experienced similar highs for RCB in the 2021 (513 runs) and 2023 (400 runs) season, but has managed just 48 runs in seven outings this year for PBKS. The franchise under Shreyas are just outside of the top-four but gunning for a playoffs spot, having won five of their nine fixtures.

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