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Glenn Maxwell suffered the injury before Punjab Kings’ rained out previous match against the Kolkata Knight Riders in which he was dismissed for 7.
Glenn Maxwell has fractured his finger (Picture credit: AP)
Australia and Punjab Kings all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has said that Glenn Maxwell fractured his finger just before their last match against the Kolkata Knight Riders at training, and he is seemingly ruled out of IPL 2025, with the scans on his finger not returning good results.
Maxwell suffered the injury before Punjab’s rainout previous match against Kolkata, in which he was dismissed for just seven runs, continuing an underwhelming IPL 2025.
Maxwell was replaced by Suryansh Shedge in Wednesday’s clash against the Chennai Super Kings that Punjab won by four wickets.
“Unfortunately, Maxi’s broken his finger. He broke it just before the last game at training. He didn’t think it was too bad, but it ended up getting pretty bad. He had scans, and yeah, the results weren’t great,” Stoinis said while speaking on JioHotstar.
“So unfortunately for Maxi, I think it’s likely he’s out for the tournament,” Stoinis added.
Punjab head coach Ricky Ponting said that the team is trying to figure out a suitable replacement, which might not be easy to find.
But Maxwell’s returns have been so meagre this season that Punjab might even afford to lose him for the entire season.
“We will be signing some replacements at some stage. We’ve got until our 12th game, so we have a couple of games to go yet. With the squad we’ve got, we’re trying to find players in our squad anyway,” Ponting said at the post-match press conference.
“It’s condition-based. But when we get to Dharamsala, he (Xavier Bartlett) will come back into the reckoning up there, where the ball might swing and bounce a little bit more,” Ponting added.
The former Australian cricketer said that the team is having a good look at the Indian talent that it has, as international options are limited because of other ongoing leagues.
“…there’s not a lot of high-quality replacements out there, to be honest. So we’ve just been patient. We’re having a look around at Indian talent as well, and we’re looking at what roles we might be able to fill with some younger Indian players,” Ponting said.
PBKS play their next game against the Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday, May 4 in Dharamsala.
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