'Shattered' Glenn Maxwell remains confident of Test recall for India series

Australia allrounder Glenn Maxwell is hopeful he will be in contention for a place in the Test squad for the BorderGavaskar series in India early next year though he said he was extremely disappointed at not getting a chance to play in the twoTest series against Sri Lanka in Galle recentlyDespite emerging as Australias leading rungetter in the ODI series in Sri Lanka he missed out on a Test berth chiefly because Travis Head was declared fit ahead of the first game and in the second match the ground staff at Galle prepared a good batting pitchBut Maxwell who said he was shattered by missing out on a Test recall in Sri Lanka is confident he remains seriously in contention for the fourTest series in India in 2023 The charismatic allrounder has not played a Test since 2017 but with the appointment of Andrew McDonald as chief coach he is back in the redball frame for the first time in five yearsI was shattered when I got told of net getting selected for the Test vs Sri Lanka Maxwell told ESPNcricinfo while playing in the Hundred in EnglandAlso Read NZ edge Netherlands by 16 runs to win first T20IIt wasnt that I thought they made the wrong call I was just genuinely disappointed I loved being a part of it Tests and I loved the thought of playing again Even not thinking about Test cricket for a couple of years I felt like I was ready again I loved working with the coaches and coming up with new tactics to deal with difficult spin bowlingIm glad Heady Travis Head got through his fitness test because Id have hated to be in because of an injury to one of your players Unfortunately they changed the conditions If it was the same conditions for both Tests I probably would have played But they made a slightly better wicket and the selectors made the right call added MaxwellI tried not to get too excited or get my hopes up too much because I know having been in that situation so many times and been on the wrong side of it the ups and downs of selection and the 5050 callsbut yeah I allowed myself to get a little bit too excitedMaxwell revealed he was concentrating on targeted training sessions on spinning wickets at Victorias Junction Oval to help him with his preparations for the gruelling India Test series next yearLast year I had a preseason at Junction Oval where we would use the same pitches maybe four or five net sessions in a row and by the fifth net session they were basically India And it was awesome They were the best net sessions I hadThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever