Practically eight months on, Glenn Maxwell’s most up-to-date innings towards Afghanistan nonetheless provides spinner Rashid Khan nightmares.
And because the sides put together to satisfy for the primary time since that fateful evening in Mumbai, the Australian allrounder says he is aware of what he should do to rediscover his brutal finest on the Twenty20 World Cup.
By numbers alone, Maxwell’s unbeaten 201 towards Afghanistan throughout final 12 months’s victorious one-day worldwide (ODI) World Cup marketing campaign was the best particular person innings by an Australian for the reason that format’s inception in 1971.
Take into consideration {that a} cramping Maxwell virtually single-handedly hoisted his aspect from the brink of collapse to a semi-final berth, and the knock grew to become legendary from the outset.
“At evening, at any time when I will sleep, typically I do take into consideration that recreation,” Khan stated forward of the edges’ subsequent conflict in St Vincent on Sunday.
“It simply comes within the thoughts. Typically once I take into consideration that recreation, my physique simply adjustments.
“That was an unbelievable knock, among the finest innings now we have ever seen.”
Coming off a disastrous Indian Premier League marketing campaign with Royal Challengers Bangalore, Maxwell has been solely a modest contributor to Australia’s T20 World Cup marketing campaign.
A knock of 28 towards England within the group stage represents Maxwell’s highest rating this event, however he confirmed flashes of his good finest within the last-start defeat of Bangladesh – most notably when slogging a six over lengthy on.
Rain left him stranded on 14, however Maxwell stated he was able to shake off a gradual begin to the event.
“Over the previous couple of video games, I have been a bit of bit tentative … making an attempt to poke approach into a niche and get a one,” he stated after Friday’s win.
“(However) I’ve bought to play the strengths that I’ve a bit extra usually.
“Typically your thoughts can begin to play a couple of methods on you … you begin to have a look at earlier scores.
“However at this stage of the event, I’ve simply gone again to what I do rather well. And hopefully that holds me in good stead.”
Afghanistan had Australia on the ropes at 7-91 on the ODI World Cup earlier than Maxwell’s miracle knock.
They need to full the upset this time round to communicate with a fairytale semi-final berth.
Australia can wrap up their very own spot within the event’s ultimate 4 with victory – supplied India beat Bangladesh earlier on Sunday morning.
Neither aspect has but performed at Arnos Vale in Kingstown, however Maxwell stated Australia would take confidence from their current kind within the Caribbean.
“It appears like we have been the quickest ones to adapt to the situations all through the event,” he stated.
“I am positive that is going to in all probability maintain true for the previous couple of video games. The crew that adapts the quickest will come out victorious.”