Punjab Kings (PBKS) suffered a huge blow star player Glenn Maxwell is ruled out of the ongoing 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) season with a fractured finger injury. The all-rounder suffered this blow during the PBKS match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Maxwell also did not feature in the team's next game against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on April 30.
The Aussie all-rounder's absence is a massive setback for PBKS, who already have lost Lockie Ferguson due to injury.
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"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. So unfortunately for Maxi, I think it's likely he's out for the tournament," Maxwell's compatriot and PBKS teammate Marcus Stoinis told 'Jiostar'.
PBKS head coach Ricky Ponting stated that the side is looking for a suitable replacement for Glenn Maxwell, but it won't be easy to find.
"We will be signing some replacements at some stage," Ponting said in the post-match press conference when asked about the injury setback.
"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. So we've got Azmatullah (Omarzai), Aaron Hardie, who hasn't played yet, and Xavier Bartlett, who didn't play today.
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Ricky Ponting looking for Indian talent to replace Glenn Maxwell
The former Australia captain further stated that the side is specifically looking for a young Indian all-rounder to replace the injured all-rounder Maxwell. However, the PBKS coach said there are no quality all-rounders and high-class all-rounders in the options he has been looking at.
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"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. We'll actually take a couple of guys to Dharamsala with us, a couple of guys trained with us yesterday, and they will come with us to Dharamsala.
