There's a high chance that I won't make it: Bed-ridden Maxwell on India tour

Bedridden after a freak accident star allrounder Glenn Maxwell feels he is unlikely to recover in time for the Australian teams tour of India next year and picking him could be a big riskOpening up on how he broke his leg at a birthday party recently Maxwell said there is high chance of him missing out on a selection for the tour scheduled in FebruaryMarchRuled out for an indefinite period he is currently recovering from surgery on his fractured fibula which he suffered after a friend fell on his leg while enjoying a birthday partyTheres a time limit on when theyre going to announce that squad to India and to be fair theres a high chance that I wont make it Theyre obviously going have to see me playing cricket and theyre obviously going to have to take a big risk if they do take me Maxwell told Cricket Australias Unplayable Podcast from his Melbourne homeAlso readI did not sleep for two days because of the agonising pain says Maxwell as he reveals extent of injuryRevealing the details about his accident Maxwell said that his former schoolteacher had fallen on his leg after they both slipped over on a patch of wet artificial grass in their friends backyardOne of my mates who was also one of my schoolteachers we were laughing about something and I pretended to chase him off somewhere Maxwell saidI reckon we both took about three or four steps out there and both slipped at the same time I just got my foot stuck a little bit and he fell unfortunately at a really bad angle and landed straight on my legIt just snapped I heard and felt every part of it It was pretty painful I was screaming a bit and he was like please tell me youre joking please tell me youre jokingAfter the incident Maxwell lay on the ground for 50 minutes even as his friends looked to help him in rain It was agonising he saidI probably didnt sleep for two days while I was in agony Maxwell saidIt was a pretty horrible couple of days My wife was unbelievable through it allI shattered my fibula So that one I think was the first snap I heard It was snapped in half but it also shattered through the boneThere was a bit of a chip off the tibia as well and I ruptured all the ligaments on top of my foot as well the syndesmosis ligaments theyre all ruptured I did a good job of it for such an innocuous thingThis is the frustrating thing about it all Ive done some dumb things on the field some dumb things off the field and Ive never even come close to injuring myselfThis 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