Glenn Maxwell in big announcement after IPL woes continue ahead of T20 World Cup

Glenn Maxwell has been announced as the latest Aussie to join the new Major League Cricket tournament in the US after an injury admission during his tough time in the IPL. Maxwell has been struggling in recent weeks with his cricket form with the shock move to drop himself from his IPL team due to a lack of runs.

The allrounder is going to take a mental and physical break from the game to recharge his batteries. But in good news for the Aussie, Maxwell will join national teammates Travis Head and Steve Smith at the Washing Freedom in the new US cricket tournament.

Aussie cricket legend Ricky Ponting will coach the Freedom in a huge move for cricket in the US. Meanwhile, Queensland great Stuart Law has been announced as the head coach of the US cricket team. The sport is making a push in the American market with the T20 World Cup held across the West Indies and US.

"It is an exciting opportunity to join USA Cricket at this time," Law said after the announcement. "The USA are one of the strongest Associate nations in the sport and I believe we can mould a formidable squad," he said after the announcement.

"The first task will be to prepare the team for a series against Bangladesh and then set our sights on our home World Cup, which will be huge." Maxwell told Ponting on ESPN's Around the Wicket podcast that he was excited to link up with his national teammates in the new tournament.

"It's a tournament that I watched from afar last year and was extremely excited about hopefully playing this tournament one day and luckily enough the timings have aligned this year," he said. "I've been speaking to Ricky Ponting and a few other players a fair bit over the last little period and certainly extremely excited to get stuck in.

"Just having those couple of Aussies there and I think the opportunity to be a part of something really big in the MLC and grow something is really exciting as well." Maxwell's news comes after it has been revealed the allrounder has been battling a hip injury during the IPL.

Glenn Maxwell reveals hip injury after IPL woes

Maxwell's latest duck saw him equal the record for most in IPL history. And on Monday (local time), the 35-year-old wasn't picked for RCB's clash with Sunrisers, which they lost by 25 runs after Travis Head blasted the fourth-fastest century in the history of the competition.

Speaking to reporters after the game, Maxwell revealed it was his decision not to play. The all-rounder said he has asked for a break to refresh. “After the first few games hadn’t gone to plan personally for me, it was a pretty easy decision,” Maxwell said. “I went to (RCB captain Faf du Plessis) and the coaches last game and said it was time to probably try someone else.

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"I have been in this situation before in the past, where you can keep playing and dig yourself into a hole. Now is actually the best time to give myself a mental and physical break. With our results this year, it was quite an easy decision. We haven’t been playing as well as we would have liked as a team, and the results show that." Having announced he is taking a break from the game, Maxwell revealed he has been battling a hip injury during his poor run of form.