The 3-match T20 series between the teams of Pakistan and Australia has started. The first match of the series started with a delay of three hours due to lightning and continuous rain in Gabba. In such a situation, overs were reduced and the match was played in 7-7 overs. In this match, Pakistan team won the toss and decided to bowl first. During this, explosive batsman Glenn Maxwell played a explosive innings for Australia. He scored runs at a strike rate of 226.31 and took the team to a big total.

Glenn Maxwell played explosive innings

A brilliant innings was seen with the bat from Glenn Maxwell in this match. He scored 43 runs in just 19 balls at a strike rate of 226.31. Glenn Maxwell hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. During this, he also hit a six while reverse sweeping a ball of Shaheen Shah Afridi. But he was caught out on the ball of Abbas Afridi, due to which he missed his half-century. But with this innings he was successful in taking the team to a big total. Australia scored 93 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 7 overs. In which Marcus Stoinis also contributed 21 unbeaten runs on 7 balls.

'This is why people pay a lot of money to watch this guy bat' #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/Zwab5Pnw3j

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 14, 2024

Haris Rauf took revenge from Maxwell

Before the T20 series, a three-match ODI series was also played between the two teams. Haris Rauf bowled very lethally in the ODI series and he dominated Glenn Maxwell in all three matches. Glenn Maxwell was dismissed by Haris Rauf in all three matches of the ODI series. But the story was different in the first match of the T20 series. This time Glenn Maxwell was seen dominating Haris Rauf. He hit 1 four and 2 sixes in the same over of Haris Rauf. During this, Glenn Maxwell scored 17 runs on 5 balls of Haris Rauf.

Glenn Maxwell joins special list

Glenn Maxwell made his place in a special list by scoring 12 runs in this innings. Glenn Maxwell has completed 10000 runs in T20 cricket. He has become the 16th player in the world to do so. 36-year-old Maxwell has so far scored 10031 runs in 421 innings in T20 cricket at an average of 28, which includes seven centuries and 54 half-centuries and his strike rate is also 154. At the same time, he is only the third player from Australia to reach this milestone. Before this, only David Warner and Aaron Finch could do this feat.