In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, the fans will get to see the fierce form of Virat Kohli. He will wreak havoc on the opposition teams. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell believes so. According to Maxwell, without the burden of captaincy, Virat Kohli looks ‘stress-free’ these days. This is a dangerous sign for the opposing teams in the Indian Premier League.
Virat Kohli has scored 6283 runs in 207 matches in IPL at an average of 37.39 and strike rate of 129.94. After IPL 2021, Kohli left the captaincy of RCB. He left the command of Team India’s T20 team after the T20 World Cup. After the series loss in South Africa, Kohli also gave up the captaincy of the Test team. Earlier, he was removed from the captaincy of the ODI team.
Glen Maxwell I believe that now Kohli is no longer the aggressive cricketer on the field giving befitting reply as he used to be. This thing is surprising. Maxwell said on RCB’s podcast, ‘He knows he has given up the responsibility of captain which I think was probably a big burden for him. Perhaps it was a burden on him for some time now and now he is free from it, it is probably dangerous news for the opposition team.
Australia’s aggressive batsman Maxwell is happy that Kohli is at a stage where he will really enjoy himself. “It will be wonderful for him to feel a little relieved and he will be able to really enjoy the next few years of his career without any external pressure,” he added. I think playing against him before, he was a very aggressive competitor who used to answer you on the field itself.
Maxwell said, ‘He always tried to dominate the game. Tried to dominate the opponent. Maxwell said that he Virat Kohli Likes to talk about cricket with Maxwell is also surprised that the former India captain has become his close friend.