Glenn Maxwell

Glenn Maxwell, known as “The Big Show”, is an outstanding Australian all-rounder, who represents Australia at the International level and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL. Maxwell is also a Big Bash League (BBL) player for the Melbourne Stars.

Glenn Maxwell was also a member of the team that won the ODI World Cup 2015, T20I World Cup 2021, and ODI World Cup 2023 as well. When the Australian side were losing to Afghanistan with 7 wickets for 91 runs in the 2023 World Cup, Maxwell struck an incredible 201* in just 128 balls in spite of his injury. He stitched a partnership of over 200 runs with Captain Pat Cummins and carried his team to a stunning win.

Maxwell is really underrated as a 360° player. His reverse sweeps are of the finest quality and he belongs to a rare species of batsmen who can clean any ground in the world. Born in October 1988 in Melbourne, Victoria, the power hitter made his impact in the Australian cricket circle after smashing a 19-ball fifty against Tasmania in the Marsh One-Day Cup in 2011 which was the fastest half-century in Australia’s domestic ODI cricket.

Glenn Maxwell: Along the Years 

Glenn Maxwell Records 

Glenn Maxwell Domestic or T20 League Records

• Scored the fastest fifty (19 balls) in Ryobi Cup (now known as Marsh One-Day Cup) in 2011

• Most expensive player in 2013 IPL auctions ($1 million US)

• Maxwell became the first player to score 150 in the Big Bash League as he smashed an amazing 154 not out against the Hobart Hurricanes in early 2022.

• 2nd best strike rate for a batter with 2000+ IPL runs.

• 2nd most ducks by an overseas player in the IPL.

• Most balls faced without hitting a six in an IPL season.

Glenn Maxwell International Records

• Maxwell holds the record for opening the bowling and batting in the same Test match

• Scored the fastest ODI century by an Australian (52 balls) against Sri Lanka in the 2015 World Cup

• The same century was also the second-fastest century in World Cup cricket

• Has scored 1000 runs, taken 50 wickets, and 50 catches in his ODI career

• He has the 2nd highest ODI career strike rate of 124.98

• He has the 3rd highest strike rate in an ODI inning (355.55)

• He has taken 4 catches in an ODI inning, the 2nd most by a fielder

• Maxwell has scored the 2nd highest number of runs in a T20 innings while batting at number four (113*)

• Maxwell has 3 consecutive cities to his name in T20Is, which is 7th most by a batsman

• Maxwell is 10th on the list of playing the most consecutive number of innings without a duck in T20Is (61)

• With 14 fours, Maxwell is 6th on the list for most fours in a T20 inning.

• Maxwell has scored 110 runs coming from fours and sixes, which is the most for a batsman in T20Is.

• Maxwell has four player-of-the series- awards to his name, 3rd most for any cricketer in T20Is.

• Maxwell is the first batsman to hit a century in his maiden T20 innings as an opener

• Recorded the then second-highest individual score in a T20I (145*), and now is fourth in the list

• Second Australian to score centuries in all three formats at the international level

• Joint-fastest 50 for Australia in ODIs that took place against India in Bangalore in 2013.

• Joint-fastest 50 of 18-balls for Australia in T20 which he scored against Pakistan.

• Most sixes in T20 for Australia.

• He broke the record for the most T20I centuries by an Australian player, becoming the second player in men's T20I cricket after Rohit Sharma to achieve four centuries.

• The highest individual score by an Australian in an ODI is his incredible knock of 201* against Afghanistan in the 2023 World Cup, which included 10 sixes and 21 fours.

• He is the second fastest player in ODI cricket history to score a double century.

• He also recorded the fastest double century in World Cup history.

• He smashed Shane Watson's record for the greatest individual score in an effective run chase in One Day International cricket and became the first batter to hit a double century while chasing in an ODI.

• After Chris Gayle and Martin Guptill, he became the third double centurion in World Cup history.

• On top of that, he beat Kapil Dev's record of 175* for the highest individual score in ODI history when batting at number six or below. He became the first batter in history to hit a double century when batting at number six or lower in the order.

• He currently holds the record for the most centuries in T20I history while pursuing.

•  He equaled Rohit Sharma for the record of most T20I hundreds in a career on 11 February 2024, when he got his fifth T20I century against the West Indies 

Glenn Maxwell Awards and Accolades 

• Received the Allan Border Medal for being the Australian Men’s T20I Player of the Year in 2015.

• Received the Allan Border Medal for being the Australian Men’s ODI Player of the Year in 2016.

• Received the Allan Border Medal for being the Australian Men’s T20I Player of the Year in 2019.

Glenn Maxwell Career 

Glenn Maxwell, a powerful hitter who was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in October 1988, gained fame in the Australian cricket community after he achieved the fastest half-century in Australia's domestic ODI history, a 19-ball fifty against Tasmania in the 2011 Marsh One-Day Cup. Maxwell is a superb all-rounder from Australia who plays for Australia in international cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League and . Maxwell plays for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League (BBL). Glenn Maxwell was also a part of the team that won the World Cup of ODI in 2015, T20I in 2021, and the most recent ODI World Cup in 2023.

Glenn Maxwell Domestic Career 

Maxwell joined the Victorian squad for playing domestic cricket in the year 2009. He then played in the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament in 2010 and was the ‘Player of the Tournament’ in a successful campaign for Australia. He was then selected to play in the 2010 Emerging Players Tournament representing the Australian Institute of Sports.

He became a prominent member of the Victorian side in the limited overs format. He then registered the fastest fifty in the history of the Australian domestic one day tournament, which is now known as the Marsh One-Day Cup. Later, he once again played the 2011 Emerging Players Tournament.

In 2012, he went to England to play club cricket for South Wilts and domestic cricket for Hampshire Second XI. Due to his performances this season, Maxi earned himself a national call-up. In the match against the MCC Young, Maxi struck the bowlers hard and hit 115 runs off 31 deliveries, while playing for the Hampshire Second XI.

In a Shield game, playing against South Australia, Maxwell registered his best bowling figures of 4/42 in first-class cricket.

Glenn Maxwell IPL Career 

He also got his first IPL contract when Delhi Daredevils (now known as Delhi Capitals) brought him as a replacement in the 2012 IPL season. Maxwell became the most expensive player in the 2013 IPL auctions when the eventual champions Mumbai Indians bought him for $1 million US (INR 53,685,500). However, he played just 3 matches for them and scored 36 runs. Therefore, they did not retain the Australian for the next edition.

He then moved to Kings XI Punjab after being bought by them for INR 6 crores. It worked wonders for the side as he became their highest run-getter in the tournament and also the third-highest overall. He amassed 552 runs in 16 matches at a strike rate of 136 including 5 fifties. He also picked a wicket in the tournament.

In IPL 2015, he looked a pale shadow of the 2014 IPL Maxwell, as he could manage only 145 runs in 11 matches and picked up only 2 wickets.

Two years later, in 2017, he took over the captaincy of Kings XI. With responsibility, he performed better as he scored 310 runs in 14 games at a strike rate of 173 and also picked 7 wickets for the team. Although, he missed out on scoring in a lot of games.

Maxi shifted base back to the Delhi franchise in IPL 2018. He scored 169 runs at a strike rate of 140 and took 5 wickets in 12 matches as they finished at the bottom of the points table.

To focus on the World Cup, Maxwell opted out of the 2019 edition of the IPL. He was bought by KXIP, now known as Punjab Kings for a staggering 10.75 crores next season. The buy did not end up well for the franchise as Maxwell failed miserably and only scored 108 runs in 13 games without hitting a single six.

Royal Challengers Bangalore signed Maxwell for a huge 14.25 crore rupees in the 2021 auction and boy, he didn’t disappoint the red team. With a strike rate of 144, Maxi scored 513 runs within 15 matches and was a key player in RCB’s success in the season. Next year in the mega auction, Maxwell was retained for 11 crore rupees by the franchise and was expected to again show the previous year like magic. But Maxwell wasn’t at his best in the 2022 season, scoring 301 runs in 13 games with just a single half-century to his name.

He had an exceptional season in the IPL 2023 where he scored 5 half centuries throughout the season for RCB. He scored 400 runs in the entire tournament at an incredible strike rate of 183.49.

Glenn Maxwell International Career 

Glenn James Maxwell is an Australian professional cricketer. Despite being a specialist in One Day International and T20 International cricket, he has represented Australia in all forms of the game since 2012. Prior to the matches against Pakistan, he played his first One Day International match against Afghanistan.

Maxwell grabbed four wickets in the second match of the series after opening the batting against West Indies in the first ODI of February with 51 not out from 35 balls. Later that month, he was chosen as an all-rounder for Australia's Test tour of India. In the second Test at Hyderabad, he made his Test debut as the team's second spinner against India.

Glenn Maxwell was an integral part of the squad that won the most recent ODI World Cup in 2023, the T20I World Cup in 2021, and the ODI World Cup in 2015.

Glenn Maxwell ODI Career 

He made his international debut in an ODI against Afghanistan cricket team on 25 August 2012 in the UAE. He played an important innings to save his country from defeat in the second ODI and also registered his maiden international half-century in the next game.

In 2013, he was picked to play in the ICC Champions Trophy. He scored 61 runs in a couple of games before Australia were knocked out in the early stages of the tournament.

Because of his performances in limited-overs cricket, he was picked to play the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. In this tournament, he registered the fastest century by an Australian in ODIs and second-fastest century in World Cup cricket. With this performance, he entered into the Top 10 of the ICC ODI Batsmen Rankings. Australia won the tournament eventually in home conditions and Glenn was named in the ‘Team of the Tournament’ by ICC.

His wonderful 2016 continued when he won another Allan Border Medal, this time for being the Men's ODI Player of the Year.

Maxwell had a difficult outing in the ODI series against India in September 2017. Although he emerged as the top scorer for the Aussies in the first ODI with 39 runs, Maxi failed in the next two ODIs. As a result, he was dropped from the team for the next matches and Australia faced a series defeat, 4-1.

He was then overlooked for a place in the ODIs in England and captain Steve Smith’s words for Maxwell in a press conference did not go down well with his parents as they were pretty upset with the incident. After a great BBL 2017/18, he was then picked to play against New Zealand and England in 2018. He scored a century in this series and became the only Australian to score more than one T20I hundred.

In the 2019 World Cup held in England and Wales, Maxwell had a disappointing run as he scored just 176 runs in 10 matches.

He was one of the key players in the fifteen-man Australian cricket World Cup squad for 2023. Maxwell's century in 40 balls against the Netherlands in October 2023 was the fastest century in Cricket World Cup history, achieved during the tournament. He scored 106 runs off 44 balls. He scored 201 runs off 128 balls in a match-winning performance against Afghanistan. Along with being the first Australian batsman to hit a double century in one-day internationals, he also sealed his record breaking run in the World Cup by scoring the game-winning runs against India in the 2023 Cricket World Cup final.

Glenn Maxwell Test Career 

He was picked on the tour to India where he made his Test debut on 2 March 2013. He could not stand up to his expectations and thus did not receive many more opportunities in the longest format. He then had another stint in the English domestic competitions and made a return to Test cricket in the UAE.

In 2017, Maxwell scored his first Test century against India in India, thus becoming only the second Australian (after Shane Watson) and thirteenth cricketer overall to score an international century in all three formats.

In the 2017-18 Ashes, Maxwell was excluded for the first Test as Shaun Marsh was preferred over him. Although he was called up for the match accounting to both Marsh and Warner suffering from injuries, he ultimately did not play the Test

Glenn Maxwell T20I Career 

Maxwell made his T20I debut on the same tour against Pakistan on 5 September 2012. He was soon picked to play for Australia in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.

After a brilliant performance in the 2014 edition of the IPL, he was in the squad for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. He scored 147 runs at a whopping strike rate of 210 and was picked in the ‘Team of the Tournament’ by ICC.

Cricket Australia presented him the Allan Border medal for the Men's T20I Player of the Year in 2015. In 2016, he opened the T20I innings for the first time against Sri Lanka and scored a hundred; becoming the first batsman in T20I cricket to do so. He slammed 145* off 65 balls, which was the second highest individual score then. Due to this innings, the Aussies posted 263/6, the highest team total in T20Is.

After a great BBL 2017/18, he was then picked to play against New Zealand and England in 2018. He scored a century in this series and became the only Australian to score more than one T20I hundred.

In 2019, Maxwell was awarded the Men's T20I Player of the Year at the Allan Border Medal Ceremony by Cricket Australia. In the 2019 T20 series against India, Maxwell went out and showed the game he's known for. After a fifty in the first encounter, Maxi hit 113* in the next game and became the first Australian player to score 3 tons in T20Is and the third cricketer overall. He ended up winning the player of the match as well as the player of the series award for scoring 169 runs in 2 innings.

In the 2019 World Cup held in England and Wales, Maxwell had a disappointing run as he scored just 176 runs in 10 matches.

Two years later, the T20 World Cup returned after 5 years in 2021 and the big show was expected to go big but he failed big time! He scored only 68 runs in the 5 games, with only a single 30+ score under his belt.

2022 wasn’t great either for the Australian hard-hitter. He has scored close to 200 runs in the 15 T20Is at an average of just 15. While he has scored close to 300 runs at an average of 30 in the ODI format with just a single fifty to his name.

Maxwell was included in the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup in Australia. 

He equaled Rohit Sharma's world record for most T20I centuries in the same month after the 2023 World Cup when he hammered his fourth career T20I century against India. In men's T20Is, he also made history by being the first batsman to score three centuries while chasing. In his 100th T20I match, he also made history by being the first and only batsman to score a century.

Glenn Maxwell Captaincy 

From January 2018 to January 2024, Glenn Maxwell captained the Melbourne Stars. The Stars under his direction advanced to the BBL Finals in both 2018–19 and 2019–20 season, however they were defeated by the Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Renegades, respectively. Although Maxwell quit his position as captain in January 2024, he still has a few years remaining on his Stars deal. 

Glenn Maxwell Under-19 Career 

In 2009–10, Maxwell joined the Victorian team after Andrew McDonald sustained an injury in November. In February 2010, he made his senior debut for the one-day team. He was also picked to represent the Australian Institute of Sports in the Emerging Players Tournament. In the final, he scored 69 against India. In February 2011, Maxwell gained widespread recognition for hitting the fastest half-century in Australian domestic one-day history by scoring 51 runs in 19 balls, during a Ryobi Cup match against Tasmania. Later that month, he made his first-class debut for Victoria against New South Wales, taking two wickets and scoring 38 runs. The month thereafter, he made 103 runs against South Australia to record his first-ever century in a first-class match.

Glenn Maxwell Family 

Glenn Maxwell's father is Neil Maxwell and his mother's name is Joy Maxwell. He has a brother by name Daniel Maxwell and he is engaged to his fiance Vini Raman.

Maxwell recently married his long-time girlfriend, Vini Raman in March 2022.

Glenn Maxwell Net Worth 

Glenn Maxwell's estimated net worth as of 2024 is approximately USD 14 million, or INR 112 crore. The majority of his income stems from brand endorsements, domestic circuits, BBL, IPL, and international matches. Cricket Australia released a list of 24 players for the National Men's Contract List 2023–24 in April 2023. The highest contract players make over $3 million annually, per that contract.

Glenn Maxwell is signed by the RCB management for INR 11 crore as of the 2024 IPL auction.

Glenn Maxwell House 

Maxwell resides at a stunning bungalow designed in the opulent Victorian style. His house is at 37 Beaver Street, Aberfeldie, Victoria.

Glenn Maxwell Cars 

Maxwell is an avid auto enthusiast. Mercedes-Benz C-Class (INR 80 lakh), BMW GT (INR 75 lakh), Ford Mustang (INR 1 crore), Nissan Maxime (INR 40 lakh), and Porsche Cayenne (INR 1 crore) are a few of the vehicles owned by Maxwell