Kings XI Punjab were probably the most delighted franchise when BCCI had announced the UAE as the hosts for the 13th season of the Indian Premier League. Why? They were simply invincible, albeit in only the allotted five league games, when IPL had last travelled to the UAE back in 2014. And Glenn Maxwell, who was roped in for INR 10.75 crores in December last season, had finished atop in the run-scoring charts for KXIP in 2014 with 300 runs in five matches. But fate has reversed the numbers this time around. After six games in IPL 2020, Kings XI Punjab are languishing at the bottom end of the table with just one win and five defeats. And one of the many reasons behind their misfortune has been a misfiring Maxwell.

KXIP have a decorated batting lineup with KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal as openers followed by Nicholas Pooran and Maxwell. First look at their top four, and one would predict competitive scores for KXIP amid sixes galore. But while their top three has been firing, Maxwell has been weighing them down with his average of 12 and a strike rate of 85.71 this season. The Aussie has managed only 48 runs in 56 balls this season, batting across six innings with just three boundaries and zero sixes. Only Kedar Jadhav has faced more balls (59) without hitting a six this season.