Glen Maxwell Likely To Miss The Start Of The IPL Due To His Wedding

The 33-year-old may captain the Royal Challengers Bangalore this season

Australian cricketer Glen Maxwell will miss the Pakistan series and will also miss the start of the IPL due to his upcoming wedding with his Indian-origin fiancé Vini Raman in late March.

Maxwell explained to the host broadcaster Fox Cricket during the third T20I against Sri Lanka that the clash was unavoidable due to the constant schedule changes, despite consulting Cricket Australia.

David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Pat Cummins, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Hazlewood, Matthew Wade, and Daniel Sams are all likely to be unavailable for the first few matches of the IPL due to Australia’s duty in Pakistan.

"Originally, when I organized the dates with CA there was a two-week gap where I could potentially have it. So, when I sorted that out, I was pretty happy that I wasn't going to be missing in any series," Maxwell told Fox Sports, as reported by ESPNcricinfo.

"And then I came to the CA contract meeting midway through last year and they said, well this is [when] the Pakistan series [is on] and I thought, well obviously, that's changed since the last conversation we had," he added.

Maxwell, who is in the frame to captain Royal Challengers Bangalore this season, had said after the T20 World Cup in November last year that he would miss the Pakistan tour due to his wedding in late March.

Meanwhile, the details of their wedding had been leaked when an ex-Indian Premier League teammate got in touch to say he’d received several copies of the invite printed in the Tamil language.

Maxwell is already a superstar in India thanks to his IPL heroics but the fact he is marrying an Indian woman has created huge excitement among the Tamil community.

The wedding invite was shared on social media by Indian actor Kasturi Shankar and Maxwell admitted their big day would be a little more stressful now the Tamil-speaking world knew times and venue details in Melbourne.