IPL 2024, Glenn Maxwell records his fourth duck: Key stats
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Glenn Maxwell continues to be in a downward spiral in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) season. He recorded a golden duck in the all-important Eliminator against Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. This marked Maxwell's fourth duck of IPL 2024, the joint second-most by a batter in a season. Here are the key stats.
Four ducks in IPL 2023
As mentioned, Maxwell registered his fourth duck in IPL 2024. The Australian batter owns the joint second-most ducks in an IPL season with Herschelle Gibbs (Deccan Chargers, 2009), Mithun Manhas (PWI, 2011), Manish Pandey (PWI, 2012), Shikhar Dhawan (DC, 2020), Eoin Morgan (KKR, 2021), Nicholas Pooran (PBKS, 2021), and Dinesh Karthik (RCB, 2023). Jos Buttler leads this tally with five ducks (RR, 2023).
Joint-most ducks in IPL
Overall, this was Maxwell's 18th duck, the joint-most by a batter in the IPL. He equaled his compatriot Dinesh Karthik on this list. Rohit Sharma follows the duo with 17 ducks in the cash-rich league.
Maxwell's lean patch in IPL 2024
Maxwell, a mainstay middle-order batter for RCB, has been undergoing a lean patch in terms of batting. He tallied just 52 runs from 10 games at a paltry average of 5.78. His strike-rate reads 120.93. Maxwell's scores in the season read 0, 16, 4, 0, 1, 0, 28, 3, and 0. The Australian even took a mental break midway through the season before returning.
Second-lowest average
Maxwell's average of 5.78 is the second-lowest for a player batting in the top six in an IPL season. He is only behind Devdutt Padikkal, who averaged 5.42 for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024.
