Sportskeeda Cricket Awards 2016: T20I Batsman of the Year

4. Glenn Maxwell – Australia

Sri Lanka will never forget Maxwell’s special knock against them

Maxwell was placed higher in the list by the experts but the fans didn’t vote in favour of him.

The popular Australian is making the headlines for all the wrong reasons at the moment with his differences with fellow Australian Matthew Wade but there’s no taking away from his quality as an absolute matchwinner in limited overs cricket. There are very few who can invent shots like he does and it helps that he can roll his arm over with the ball as well.

He would be disappointed he had no worthy contributions in the World T20.

Matches	Runs	Average	Strike-rate	50s, 100s	Best
11	435	48.33	174.69	2, 1	145*

Just when you thought Guptill’s strike-rate couldn’t be bettered, Maxwell goes and does just that. He almost scores 2 runs a ball, simply frightening. In a span of 3 days in September, he would have the watching world gripped as he ripped the Lankans to shreds on their own turf. His unbeaten 145 at Pallekelle is the second highest score in T20I history.