Australian star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell set his eye on a comeback in the T20 series against India

The 36-year-old suffered the injury when he was struck on the wrist from teammate Mitchell Owen’s shot during a net session ahead of the T20I series against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui.

“I think having the surgery last week sort of gives me a little bit more hope of playing some part in that India series, if I can get myself right,” Maxwell, who has not been named for the first two T20Is on October 29 and 31, told reporters at the KFC BBL’s kit launch here.

Maxwell opted for the surgery to fast-track recovery in the hope of being available for the final three matches of the India series, scheduled in Hobart (November 2), Gold Coast (November 6) and Brisbane (November 8).

“The only reason I had the surgery was the options they gave me were miss that series completely and no surgery, or have surgery and it gives me a slim chance to hopefully play a part. “And if not, I’ll be ready earlier for the BBL, and I think it leaves me in good stead to get the rest of my body right,” he said.

“I only met with a hand therapist yesterday,” Maxwell said. “He only gave me some really basic movements, things that look really boring, but I suppose they’re going to strengthen the wrist.“

Maxwell said the main concern will be pain management depending on how it feels when he bats. “I was probably just a bit unlucky with the position that it hit me on the arm,” Maxwell said. “When it hit me, I thought I was lucky that it hit just bone and it wasn’t too much flesh, and it was going to be right. But, yeah, another unlucky one.“