Punjab Kings (PBKS) versatile Glenn Maxwell had a forgettable outing in his return to the franchise as he fell for a first ball duck against the Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Match at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
Golden duck for Glenn Maxwell
The explosive Australian striker, known for his aggressive style of play, was trapped LBW by Spinner from the left arm R Sai Kishore. However, what left fans and disconcerted experts is Maxwell’s decision not to take an exam, a decision that has finally proved to be expensive. The dismissal took place in 11th row when the Punjab sought to accelerate their sleeves. Sai Kishore had already struck by rejecting Azmatullah OmarzaiWho played a quick cameo, before Maxwell entered to face his first delivery. By trying a risky inverted scanning, Maxwell completely missed the ball, which struck its stamp. The referee has not waste of time raising the finger and potentially without even consulting Shreyas IyerMaxwell has chosen not to go upstairs. The reruns later revealed that the ball lacked the stumps, which means that Maxwell would have survived if he had taken the exam.
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Maxwell’s decision leaves the pbks coach Ricky Ponting Frustrated
Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting was obviously not impressed in the canoe while looking at Maxwell to make an expensive error in judgment. The former Australian captain, known for his acute sense of cricket, was seen shaking his head with disbelief while the versatile returned without challenging the decision. Maxwell’s failure to take the journal sparked strong reactions from fans and analysts, with much questioning his awareness of the game at such a crucial stage of the sleeves.
Maxwell’s dismissal not only weakened the average order of Punjab, but also added an unwanted record in his name. With this gilded duck, he became the player with the most ducks in the history of the IPL, going beyond previous records by recording his 19th dismissal aimless in the tournament. For a Maxwell caliber player, who is considered one of the most destructive T20 strikers, this unwanted step has only added his misfortunes.
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Fans react at the “Brainfade” time of Maxwell in IPL 2025
As soon as Replays confirmed that Maxwell had been wrongly distributed, social media was flooded with fans and cricket experts. Many labeled him as a moment of “brain” while some fans criticized Maxwell’s bad judgment, while others have humorously stressed that he could be cursed when he played for the kings of Punjab, given his story of incoherent performance for the franchise in the past. The memes and tweets have surfaced instantly, the fans calling the irony of Maxwell’s aggressive intention, turning spectacularly. Some have even speculated if his decision not to revise was influenced by self -doubt, considering his difficulties against the spin in the last seasons of the IPL.
Here’s how fans reacted:
The back to back counters will challenge each team, even more a team like Punjab which has a wide variation program.
Ponting will be emptied that Maxwell had not released but they did not take the exam.
Will need to rebuild. Can always end very hard with shegde to come.
– Nikhil 🏏 (@CRICCRAZYNIKS) March 25, 2025
Never seen a more brain drummer than Maxwell, TF was that 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
– Pr𝕏tham (@ prXtham_18) March 25, 2025
I think God did not deliberately give Maxwell a lot of brain because he thought that combined with his physical features, it would have been too unfair for the quisors.
– James C (@jc_writes_) March 25, 2025
Glenn Maxwell left without a second reflection and it was not even released… .. the most dead cricket player of the brain of all time.
-. (@ Abdszn17) March 25, 2025
Good that Maxwell played for RCB for the majority of the seasons. But he is a BRINE cricket player. Almost as if he didn’t care about his striker.
– Stoic 🇽🇰 (@gunhaonkadevta) March 25, 2025
Shreyas Iyer has just removed a moment “Bhagwan Kasam, Hai”; Convinced Maxwell to jump the review and guess what? Missing counters 😹😹😹 pic.twitter.com/j8zj6ezidj
– Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) March 25, 2025
🚨 Not the criticisms🚨
Unlucky Glenn Maxwell did not criticize, the ball passed over the stump… !!! 💔 pic.twitter.com/lju8hufvwg
– Gurlabh Singh (@ gurlabh91001251) March 25, 2025
Maxwell was not released and he did not examine. Bro does not want Rohit to exceed this record with most ducks in IPL pic.twitter.com/acqwqftujp
– Div🦁 (@div_yumm) March 25, 2025
Maxwell is a paste so “not so serious” bruh 💀
First, this shot on the very first ball and not see it again 👀 pic.twitter.com/xqrt6fhr9v
– Kartik (@wy_kartik) March 25, 2025
Maxwell is really good but seeing its shape, it is easily a great degradation for pbks pic.twitter.com/elcprtchnq
– Ada Share (@Ada_share) March 25, 2025
The masterclass of Shreyas Iyer propels the kings of Punjab to a mammoth 243/5 against the Titans of Gujarat
Punjab has set up a stick show against Gujarat, Amount a colossal 243/5 in their 20 Overs At the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad. Captain Iyer led forward with a breathtaking 97 and not only 42 bullets, breaking five four and nine six to anchor the punjab sleeves. Priyansh Arya provided an explosive start with 47 on 23 bullets, while Shashank SinghThe blisters 44 steps out of 16 deliveries assured that the Punjab crossed the brand of 240 points. Gujarat’s Bowling attack had a difficult outing, with only Sai Kishore standing, taking 3/30. Gujarat set an intimidating target of 244, the second round promises an exciting race.
