Who is Mitch Owen? Meet Punjab Kings’ IPL 2025 replacement for Maxwell who is set to arrive in India after PSL stint
Who is Mitch Owen? Meet Punjab Kings’ IPL 2025 replacement for Maxwell who is set to arrive in India after PSL stint
Punjab Kings (PBKS) has picked Australian all-rounder Mitch Owen as a replacement for the injured Glenn Maxwell, who was ruled out of the remaining Indian Premier League (IPL) season after fracturing his finger.
Owen will reportedly join the side after his stint with Peshawar Zalmi in the ongoing season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Maxwell, who has had an underwhelming IPL season this year, could only manage 48 runs in seven games with six single-digit scores. The Australian stalwart suffered the injury before PBKS’ rained-out game against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on April 26, in which he was dismissed for seven runs.
He was replaced by Suryansh Shedge in the subsequent match against Chennai Super Kings, which PBKS won by four wickets.
“Punjab Kings have picked all-rounder Mitch Owen as a replacement for Glenn Maxwell, who has been ruled out of the remainder of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 due to a broken finger,” said an IPL statement.
The 23-year-old Owen, a right-handed batter and a right-arm pacer who has played 14 First-Class games, will join the Shreyas Iyer-led franchise for Rs. 3 crore.
“Mitch Owen, from Tasmania, Australia, has played 34 T20s and scored 646 runs, including two centuries and a highest score of 108. The Australian all-rounder also has 10 T20 wickets to his name,” said the IPL statement.
Owen became the talk of the town after finishing as the top run-scorer (452 runs in 11 innings) in the last edition of the Big Bash League.
Playing for the eventual champion Hobart Hurricanes, he scored 108 from 42 balls in the final to earn the ‘Player of the Match’ tag.
Interestingly, PBKS’ head coach Ricky Ponting has followed Owen’s career from close quarters, the three-time World Cup winner having served as the Hurricanes’ head of strategy.
