AUS vs IND: Maxwell defends ‘Switch Hit’ as part of the evolution

Glenn Maxwell, middle-order Australian batsman or rather a well-known raunchy hitter of the cricket ball, has defended the art of switch-hit as being part of the evolution of cricket. The switch hits have once again come under attack from former cricketers as being an ‘unfair’ method of play, unfairly putting the bowler at a disadvantage.  

However, responding to those criticisms, Maxwell, 32, said, "It's within the laws of the game. I think batting has evolved in such a way that it's just got better and better over the years which is why we're seeing these massive scores getting chased down and scores are going up.”

Earlier, former Aussie captain Ian Chappell had targeted the switch hits, saying, "It is very skillful, some of it is amazingly skillful - but it's not fair.”

Maxwell, who scored 167 runs in the recently concluded ODI series at a strike rate of 194.18, stated that bowlers also need to evolve as batters have, noting that the process is on with different fieldsets and different kinds of deliveries being invented. 

"I suppose it's up to the bowlers to try and combat that, and the skills of bowlers are being tested every day. They're having to come up with different change-ups and different ways to stop batters, and with the way, they shut down one side of the ground and what-not." 

Further, the man who almost took Australia to a 3-0 whitewash of India, thanks to his 38-ball 59 at Manuka Oval, which invariably included the famous switch hits, added: "I suppose the way that batting is evolving, I think bowling has got to evolve to the same stage, so you see guys come up with knuckle-balls and wide yorker fields and different tactics.”

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