All-rounder Glenn Maxwell delivered another losing performance for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL 2024 match against Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday . The Australian star has struggled this season, being dismissed with scores of 0, 3, 28, and 0 respectively. His below-par games affected RCB’s overall performance, with the team registering just one win in four games. Before the start of the season, RCB was touted as having one of the strongest batting line-ups, but so far, the Bengaluru-based franchise has disappointed its fans.

Recently, former India batsman Manoj Tiwari lashed out at Maxwell, saying that the 35-year-old all-rounder was only receiving salary, was underperforming in the team and had broken the trust of RCB.

“RCB has always been known as a batting-heavy team but this time none of the batsmen scored and the bowlers didn’t take the lead. You could see Anuj Rawat in the middle and he was there throughout the game The performance of the match was excellent. But character-wise, they could not control the rhythm of the innings. (RCB has always been considered a batting-heavy team, but their line-up failed to deliver. None of their batsmen scored, The bowlers also didn’t perform well. In the middle order, batsmen like Anuj Rawat didn’t perform well after playing a nice knock in the first game,” Tiwari told Cricbuzz.

“You can understand that you’re a mature player but in this case, even after spending some time with such a good player, if you can’t learn then it means you’re paying attention to what’s going on .Especially when the batting team plays with such good players. Like Glenn Maxwell, the salary goes up from time to time but the results don’t improve. (I know you are a young player but you also have some players around you of top players). If you don’t have a clear idea of ​​how to play the game, then I don’t think you’re focused. Well, what I’m trying to say is that the management has also shown a lot of confidence in Maxwell by retaining him, But he just didn’t bring game-winning performances to the team at times,” he added.

RCB lost their last match in Bengaluru on Tuesday by 28 runs to Lucknow Supergiants.

Anuj Rawat’s Marcus Stoinis scored a disappointing 11 off 21 goals while Maxwell was left behind by young pace Rising star Mayank Yadav was dismissed.

Quinton de Kock scored 81 runs off 56 deliveries as LSG finished with figures of 181/5.

In response, RCB struggled to forge a meaningful partnership, leading to their downfall and ultimately a 28-match losing streak for the home team.