Glenn Maxwell reacts to Virender Sehwag's '10 crore cheerleader’ taunt, says former Indian opener in media for such statements

Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag's '10 crore cheerleader' remark hasn’t gone down well with Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and understandably so. The Kings XI Punjab batsman said that he wasn’t surprised at the former India opener’s comment and that it’s not the first time this has happened. Maxwell revealed that Sehwag, a former player and a mentor of KXIP, has not hidden his disappointment regarding the Australia all-rounder. 

“It’s ok. Viru is pretty outspoken with his dislike of me, and that’s fine. He’s allowed to say whatever he likes. He’s in the media for such statements, so that’s fine. I deal with that and move on, and take it with a grain of salt with Sehwag,” the West Australian quoted Maxwell as saying. 

“I think I’m better equipped with dealing with those sorts of things now. In hindsight it was a pretty good time to go through something like that where I was able to put some groundwork in to deal with adversity. This year has certainly been a massive test of it. To be able to help people through different times of tough periods and be able to help myself through those tough periods has been really key as well.” 

Punjab had paid a massive amount to bring Maxwell back to the side he once captained in the IPL. However, things didn’t go as planned and the Australian had a poor season. His highest score in this year’s IPL was 32. What’s surprising is that Maxwell didn’t hit a single six despite playing 13 games for his side.  

After the season was over, Sehwag referred to Maxwell as a ’10 crore cheerleader’ who was on a ‘highly-paid vacation’. 

“Glenn Maxwell. This 10 crore cheerleader proved very costly for Punjab. His IPL routine for the last few years has been of shirking from work but this season he broke that record as well. This is what you call a highly paid vacation,” Sehwag said of Maxwell in an episode of his YouTube show ‘Viru ki Baithak’.