Glenn Maxwell has revealed in his autobiography that his RCB teammate Virat Kohli once blocked him on the social media app Instagram because he felt the Aussie star had mocked him.

Before the IPL 2021 season, RCB paid INR 14.25 crore for Maxwell's services, transforming the franchise into one of the most lethal batting teams in the IPL. With Kohli, AB de Villiers, and Maxwell in the middle order, RCB appeared unbeatable on paper. Maxwell scored nearly 500 runs that season, helping RCB reach the playoffs and finish third.

Maxwell, in his autobiography ‘The Showman,’ describes an incident between the two that forced Kohli to block Maxwell on Instagram.

"When I knew I was going to RCB, Virat was the first to message me and welcome me to the team. When I turned up for the pre-IPL training camp, we got chatting and spent a fair bit of time training together as you do. So I go to his social. Media, follow him. Didn't even think about it before that. Never really crossed my mind. I was like 'I can’t find him," Maxwell said on the LiSTNR Sport podcast.

"I'm sure he's on social media somewhere so I didn't think anything of it. Not really that maybe he wasn't savvy with Instagram. Didn't really understand why he wasn't coming up and then someone mentioned that he might have blocked you. That is the only way you’re not able to find him. I was like surely not,” he added.

When Australia toured India in 2017 for one of the most hyped Test series, Maxwell had taken a jibe at Virat Kohli, who had injured himself during a Test.

Maxwell mimicked the former India captain as he gripped his right shoulder. Kohli had to miss the last Test match in Dharamsala due to an injury, and considering the competitive atmosphere of the four-Test series, Kohli was certain to handle it well.

"Then I went and asked him 'Have you blocked me on Instagram?' And he was like, 'Yeah probably. It was when you mocked me during that Test match. I think I got the sh*** and decided to block you. I was like 'yeah, that's fair enough'. So yeah, he ended up unblocking me, and we became great friends after that," added Maxwell.

"It was a nice little story to have as a little side note but we've had quite a funny relationship leading up to playing the IPL together. Sharing that dressing room and sharing experiences, becoming parents, I suppose, around the same time. From the days we were both young and brash and going hard at each other on the field. We were in the front and center of all that as well, sort of being the orchestrator like 'Maxi, get into his face. Say some words to him and get the young guy to do the hard work,” Maxwell added.

(Hindustan Times inputs)