NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Parthiv Patel criticized Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder
Glenn Maxwell
, branding him as the "most overrated" player in the Indian Premier League.
Patel's remarks about Maxwell came following RCB's match against Gujarat Titans at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday. During the match, Maxwell scored four runs from three balls at a strike rate of 133.33.
Despite Maxwell's performance, RCB secured a four-wicket victory over GT in front of their home crowd.
Patel took to his official X (formerly Twitter) account and hit out at the 35-year-old for his performance in the ongoing
IPL 2024
.
"Glenn Maxwell....HE IS THE MOST OVERRATED player in the history of ipl," Patel wrote on X.
In the 17th season of the IPL, Maxwell scored 104 runs in eight matches for RCB. He also took five wickets with an economy rate of 8.33 during IPL 2024.
Recapping the match, RCB elected to field first after winning the toss. GT was 19/3 at one point. Then, a 61-run partnership between Shahrukh Khan (37) and David Miller (30) helped GT make a brief comeback.
RCB kept taking regular wickets and once again reduced GT to 87/5. Then, a 44-run partnership between Rahul Tewatia (35) and Rashid Khan (18) took GT beyond the 100-run mark. RCB bundled out GT for 147 runs in 19.3 overs.
Yash Dayal (2/21), Vijaykumar Vyshak (2/23) and Mohammed Siraj (2/29) were among the top bowlers for RCB. Cameron Green and Karn Sharma took a wicket each.
During the run chase, RCB started off brilliantly with Faf Du Plessis (64) and
Virat Kohli
(42) putting up a 92-run stand.
After that RCB lost its way due to a fantastic spell from Joshua Little (4/45) and Noor Ahmed (2/23). However,
Dinesh Karthik
(21*) and Swapnil Singh (15*) guided the team to a four-wicket win with 38 balls left.
(With ANI inputs)
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