BAN vs AUS 2017: Glenn Maxwell Suffers Heatstroke During Practice Session in Dhaka
Aug 23, 2017 at 7:00 PM
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The constant weather change-ups in Bangladesh is taking a serious toll on the visitors Australia, as the all-rounder, Glenn Maxwell suffered a heat stroke during training.
The cricketer revealed that he fell ill during the first day of training in Dhaka ahead of the first Test starting on Sunday.
Challenging weather tests the Australians
Bangladesh is currently facing flashes of heavy rainfalls mixed with a hot and humid atmosphere which has become untenable for the Australians to cope with during practice session.
The undesirable cricketing weather has already gobbled up a couple of important training sessions and a warm-up game which was scheduled in the outskirts of Dhaka.
“I copped a bit of heat stroke on the first day, which wasn’t a good start,” Maxwell said on Wednesday. I think just doing some running outside, then I had to go inside to do some fitness testing, and going back outside probably didn’t help too much. Basically, my body shut down a little bit, but I was fine after a bit of an ice bath and plenty of fluids.”
Practice session continue till the point of exhaustion
The Aussies made full use of the opportunity to train on Tuesday at Dhaka. The squad engaged in some serious preparation, sweating it out for almost three hours which led to complete exhaustion for fast bowlers Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Jackson Bird while Maxwell’s body gave up.
“Yesterday was obviously pretty tough,” Maxwell said. Obviously, with the morning rain and the overnight rain, I think all the moisture’s coming out of the ground and making it quite sweaty work for us.
“But it’s been good. We’ve got a lot out of the last few days, basically putting the finishing touches for day one.”
Fully prepared despite poor weather at the venue
Maxwell also said that despite all the problems with the weather, the preparations are up to the mark to face an improved Bangladesh side who have been on a roll since the last few years at the international level.
He says that the squad’s pre-tour training camp at Darwin, which also has a tropical weather, gave the unit a lot of idea about playing in energy sapping conditions.
“The way we prepared in Darwin, I think the wickets were perfect,” he said.
“Even coming here and having a couple of hits on these wickets, it’s very similar to what we were facing in Darwin, if not a little bit easier I suppose in the nets.
“We put extreme conditions in Darwin with the wickets where we made them ridiculously tough to bat on, and guys tested themselves well during that week.
“I think the guys are more than well-equipped to handle whatever comes at us in this first Test.”