Former Indian wicketkeeper turned cricket commentator Parthiv Patel took a subtle dig an X user (formerly Twitter) for trolling his height while discussing Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (Glenn Maxwell’s poor returns in the IPL 2024 clash against Gujarat Titans at MA Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, May 5.
While chasing the 148-run target set by GT, RCB were off to a great start as the openers Faf du Plessis (64) and Virat Kohli (42) formed a 92-run stand until the skipper was dismissed by Noor Ahmed. Thereafter, the hosts suffered a batting collapse as they were reduced from 92/1 to 111/5, losing four wickets in just 19 runs.
Glenn Maxwell yet again failed to deliver as he was dismissed for just 4 runs by Joshua Little. Following his dismissal, Parthiv Patel took to his X handle and called RCB all-rounder as ‘ most overrated player’ in IPL history.
“glenn maxwell….HE IS THE MOST OVERRATED player in the history of ipl… #ipl2024.” Patel wrote on X.
However, one of the X users tried to troll former Indian cricketer’s height by X saying that the opinions ‘5″2’ should never matter.
“Opinions of people below 5″2 never matters.” an X user responded to Parthiv Patel’s criticism on Maxwell’s poor returns.
Parthiv Patel hit back at the troll, stating that his height is a little taller than what the user thought of. “I am 5”3…that matters?” former RCB wicketkeeper-batter tweeted on X.
Since he has been getting mixed opinions to his criticism on Glenn Maxwell’s cheap dismissal, Parthiv Patel launched a poll on X (formerly Twitter), where 79% feels that the all-rounder is a great player for Australia compared to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
In response to the poll, Parthiv Patel proved his point that Glenn Maxwell couldn’t translate his International form into IPL.
“My point exactly. He hasn’t translated his international form and reputation to the #IPL
Given the opportunities he’s had across franchisees, his performance has been very underwhelming.” he wrote on X.
