Steven Smith or Michael Clarke? Glenn Maxwell has his say!

Steven Smith or Michael Clarke? Glenn Maxwell has his say!

Melbourne: Australia swashbuckling all-rounder Glenn Maxwell believes that the former skipper Michael Clarke didn’t have ‘that same personal side’ as that of his successor Steve Smith. The 27-year-old opined that Smith wa4s more approachable than Clarke and that he felt the latter wanted to keep himself as the captain while playing under him, news.com.au reported. However, Maxwell praised Clarke’s record as captain and described his former captain as the ultimate professional, who was tactically brilliant. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD:  Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions , 3rd T20 Match, IPL 2016

Reflecting on Australia’s shambolic tour of India in 2013, where they suffered a whitewash in the four-Test series, Maxwell said that he tries to forget most of the things about the ‘disastrous’ tour apart from making his debut and taking his first wicket.

The tour was engulfed by the infamous ‘homeworkgate’ scandal, where Shane Watson, James Pattinson, Mitchell Johnson and Usman Khawaja were suspended for failing to do a team task assigned by then coach Mickey Arthur, who was sacked several months later on Ashes eve in England. Australia are scheduled to visit India next year for a four-match Test series.

Earlier, Cricket Australia had decided to launch a review into it, although former wicket-keeper batsman Brad Haddin does not believe the country needs to change its approach to the game’s shortest format. Australia, who are ranked No.1 in Tests and ODI’s, were out in the Super 10 stage of the T20 World Cup that took place in India. They lost to India in their last T20 fixture in the same series and were out of the semi-final contention. The team has never won the World T20 and their best efforts were when they came runners-up in 2012.