On Tuesday April 6, former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir and Daniel Vettori discussed about the batting order of Glenn Maxwell on an online meet.
Gautam Gambhir suggested that Maxwell should bat on number four or number five, can’t do below that.
Where should Glenn Maxwell bat for RCB at #IPL2021?@GautamGambhir and Daniel Vettori discuss what impact he'll make in their side this season: https://t.co/9mGfNH3lSv pic.twitter.com/4Kf2cpLPZa
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 6, 2021
For the better start AB de Villiers should be batting at number three. Captain Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal open the innings, also W. Sunder at number four and Maxwell at number five depending upon the situation. He also said Maxwell should not go below five and preferably at number four.
Daniel Vettori, former New Zealand Captain see Maxwell as middle order finisher.
Undoubtedly Glenn Maxwell is one of the biggest hitters. In 2014 season of IPL, Maxwell hit 552 runs in 16 matches at a strike-rate of 187.75 for Kings XI Punjab. In all he has played 82 IPL matches scoring 1.505 runs.