Who is this game changer? Whom Punjab Kings added in the middle of the season

Mitchell Owen Replaces Injured Glenn Maxwell For IPL 2025: Big news is coming out from the Punjab Kings fleet. The franchise has included his compatriot Mitchell Owen in their team in place of injured Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell. Owen's current age is 23 years and 230 days. He bats with the right hand and bowls medium pace with the right hand.

Owen is making a splash in PSL before IPL

Currently Mitchell Owen is playing in the Pakistan Super League. Here he is not a part of any other team, but the Peshawar Zalmi team led by Babar Azam. Once Owen's duties here are over, he will join Punjab in the IPL.

Mitchell Owen replaces injured Glenn Maxwell in Punjab Kings for IPL 2025

Highest Batting Strike Rate in T20 History (Minimum – 500 runs)

184.57 – Mitchell Owen (646 runs) 🇦🇺
180.51 – Ashutosh Sharma (917 runs) 🇮🇳
177.29 – Kayron Stagno (656 runs) 🇬🇮
176.73 – Priyansh Arya (919… pic.twitter.com/vMjHOPVhdI

— All Cricket Records (@Cric_records45) May 4, 2025

Mitchell Owen has also made his mark in these leagues

Owen is not ready to make his mark in a franchise league for the first time, but before IPL and PSL, he has made a splash for Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League and Paarl Royals in SA20. Also Read: Dhoni created history in IPL, first batsman of the world who makes such a great record  

Mitchell Owen's cricket career

Mitchell Owen has not got a chance to show his talent at the international level. But in domestic cricket, he is participating in all three formats. Till the time of writing this news, he has played 14 first class, 17 List A and 34 T20 matches.

Summary 

Owen has five half-centuries in first class cricket, one in List A cricket and two centuries in T20. Talking about bowling, he has got 16 wickets in 22 innings of First Class cricket at an average of 48.81, 7 wickets in 12 innings of List A at an average of 50.14 and 10 wickets in 20 innings of T20 at an average of 37.40. Also Read: IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans Thrash Sunrisers Hyderabad by 38 Runs