Australia's powerful hard-hitter and Kings XI Punjab's star Glenn Maxwell celebrated his birthday on October 14. As Maxi turned 32, we take a look at his career as well as some lesser-known facts about his Indian fiancee Vini Raman. (Pictures/ Glenn Maxwell Instagram and Vini Raman Instagram)
Updated On: 2019-10-14 09:19 AM IST
Glenn Maxwell is an Australian international cricketer who plays for the national team in ODIs and T20Is.
Glenn Maxwell is known for his power-hitting in the limited overs format but has also shown off his big-hitting skills in the Test arena.
Tracing back to his early years, Glenn Maxwell was born in Victoria, Australia.
Glenn Maxwell originally started playing cricket as a fast bowler, but then became an off-spinner at his coach's advice.
Glenn Maxwell has been nicknamed 'The Big Show' by his teammates, for his extravagant and explosive shots with the bat.
Glenn Maxwell has also established himself in the Indian Premier League, when he scored four 80+ scores for King XI Punjab in IPL 2015, at a strike rate of more than 200.
Glenn Maxwell made his Test debut in March 2013 and has played 7 matches scoring 339 runs and taking 8 wickets.
Glenn Maxwell made his ODI debut in August 2012 and played 113 ODIs scoring 3,063 at an average of 33.29. His top score is 108. Maxwell has also taken 50 ODI wickets with best figures of 4/46.
Glenn Maxwell made his T20I debut in September 2012 and since played 64 matches scoring 1,609 runs at a healthy average of 33.52. He has 3 centuries and 7 fifties.
Glenn Maxwell's top T20I score of 145* from 65 balls against Sri Lanka in 2016 is currently the fourth highest by a batsman in that format.
Glenn Maxwell is the second Australian cricketer after Shane Watson to score centuries in all three formats of the game.
In picture: Maxwell and Vini during a vacation in Dublin, Ireland
Maxwell has played T20 cricket for many teams such as Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in the IPL and features in other tournaments for Victoria, Melbourne Renegades, Hampshire, Melbourne Stars, Surrey, Yorkshire and Lancashire.
In picture: Maxwell and Vini while holidaying in Dubai, UAE
Glenn Maxwell has so far played 76 matches in his IPL career scoring 1,455 runs at an average of 22.38 and strike rate of 156.78. His top score is 95. He has also taken 17 wickets in IPL.
On February 26, 2020, Glenn Maxwell and his girlfriend Vini Raman shared photos on their respective Instagram accounts announcing they were engaged. Her caption was: Last week my favourite person asked me to marry him #YES
After their engagment, Vini Raman shared a photo of her and Glenn Maxwell in traditional Indian attire and wrote: Last night we celebrated our Indian engagement and I gave @gmaxi_32 a little teaser of what the wedding will be like Shout out to both of our incredible families & all our friends who came to celebrate with us on such short notice - we are so grateful to be surrounded by some pretty amazing people
Glenn Maxwell posted this picture with Vini Raman and captioned it as, "It's hard work choosing a filter that makes you both look good #valencia #aden ?? #toughdecisionsweremade"
Glenn Maxwell posted this picture with Vini Raman and captioned it as, "Awesome night at Crown for the Australian cricket awards. Congrats to @patcummins30 and @a_healy who both had incredible years!"
