Glenn Maxwell unavailable for Pakistan tour and likely to miss start of IPL due to his wedding

Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has confirmed that he is going to miss the Pakistan tour and most probably the first few matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as well, due to his upcoming wedding.

The mega auction for the IPL 2022 edition has been held successfully and the IPL is expected to start in the month of March. The dates of the event although have not been announced yet.

Maxwell speaks

“Originally when I organised the dates with CA there was a two-week gap where I could potentially have it. So when I sorted that out I was pretty happy that I wasn’t going to be missing in any series,” Maxwell was quoted while talking to Fox Sports.

“And then I came to the [CA] contract meeting midway through last year and they said well this is [when] the Pakistan series [is on] and I thought well obviously that’s changed since the last conversation we had,” the Australia all-rounder further added. 

In IPL, the 33-year-all-rounder will be seen playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) after he was retained by the Bangalore-based franchise for an amount of Rs 11 crore.  

The Pakistan tour

Australia and Pakistan are scheduled to be involved in three Test matches, three ODIs and in a T20I match. The tour is slated to start on March 4 in Rawalpindi and last match of the tour is expected to be played on April 5 in Rawalpindi as well.

Meanwhile, in the ongoing five-match T20I series between, Australia and Sri Lanka, the hosts secured an unassailable 3-0 lead after defeating Sri Lanka in the third T20I of the series on February 15 by 6 wickets.

The penultimate fixture of the T20I series is scheduled to be played on February 18, in Melbourne. 

In the first match of the series the Aussies claimed a 20-run victory (D/L method). In the next match, the fixture initially was tied but eventually Australia emerged out as the winner after securing victory in the one-over eliminator.

In the third match of the series, the visitors managed to register a paltry total off 121 runs and in reply the Aussies reached the target and won the match by 6 wickets.