ICC World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli was also surprised after seeing Glenn Maxwell’s innings against Afghanistan. Virat Kohli has said something special in praise of Glenn Maxwell through Instagram.
Virat Kohli on Glenn Maxwell: Glenn Maxwell played an inning against Afghanistan last night at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, which people will remember for centuries. Seeing his innings, many greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Irfan Pathan, Wasim Akram, Misbah-ul-Haq, and Dale Steyn said that they had never seen such an innings in their cricketing life. Glenn Maxwell’s innings were so brilliant that even Virat Kohli, who scored 49 centuries, was surprised.
What did Virat Kohli say in praise of Maxwell?
Virat Kohli has written something special on his Instagram account in praise of Glenn Maxwell. He shared an Instagram story, in which he shared a picture of Glenn Maxwell and wrote, only you could have done this, freak. Freak is an English word, which means having a fanatical interest in a particular thing. Virat’s use of this word of Maxwell means that Maxwell is a fanatic for cricket.
Let us tell you that Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell play for the same team Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. These two have been the life of RCB’s batting order for the last few years. In such a situation, Virat Kohli and Maxwell are also good friends. Who spend at least 2-3 months together in the whole year. Therefore, there is no doubt that Virat would know this Australian all-rounder very well.
However, if we talk about his historic innings of Maxwell, he made his team win the match in a situation when his team’s winning percentage was only 6, and almost everyone had assumed that Australia would not be able to win now because they had scored only 91. 7 wickets were lost on runs. Maxwell turned the entire match around by playing an unbeaten inning of 201 runs in 128 balls.
