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Glennhas claimed to have reported ‘certain untoward things’ during the Indian Premier League (IPL) but it turns out he may not have disclosed everything to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) members of the Board of Control forin India (BCCI).Mirror has learnt that one major incident involving the Australian batsman has not been reported by him.And so serious was the nature of the protocol breach that he had put his life in danger.This particular incident had happened during IPL 2017 in Rajkot where he had gone out of the team hotel without informing the team manager, local liaison officer and also the integrity officer.Before the match between his side Kings XI Punjab and hosts Gujarat Lions, he had gone for a party hosted by the promoters of the Gujarat Lions at a resort that was some distance away from the team hotel.On way back from the resort, in the dry state of Gujarat, a drunk Maxwell chose to cycle his way back to the team hotel in the late hours of the night. According to a BCCI official, Maxwell was completely out of control due to alcohol consumption and fell off the bicycle, exposing himself to the danger of being run over by speeding vehicles.He was eventually helped by a good Samaritan who, recognising him, helped him reach the hotel. Subsequently, team and security officials went to the spot and made sure that the bicycle was returned to its owner in the resort.Asked to elaborate on the incident, a BCCI official, who was aware of the matter, said, “We chose not to make the incident public because it could have led to a lot of controversy. So we don’t know what kind of information he had given to the ACU. On this occasion, Maxwell did not even inform his team manager, leave aside the integrity officer or security staff.“Ideally, he should not have gone out because it was a security risk. If he still had to go, he should have gone with the security cover. But Maxwell chose to go alone, and come back alone in an inebriated state,” the official said.The incident apparently has been recorded in the BCCI books.replied to a mail from this paper on Wednesday morning. It said, "We don't provide comment on other member boards' process or protocols or media speculation."Yesterday, Maxwell claimed that he has reported “certain untoward things” during the IPL to anti-corruption officials while refuting a recentinvestigative documentary’s insinuation that he could be involved in spot-fixing. Even as there was no direct reference to the batsman in the documentary, the match footage used in it indicated that Maxwell was one of two Australian players being accused. Maxwell confirmed to SEN radio that the aired footage was of his batting.“I’ve been very honest with them (anti-corruption officers) the whole way through with the IPL. If I’ve ever seen anything untoward I always sat down with them (ACU), had a long coffee and just talked about everything to make sure nothing ever, ever comes back to me,” he was quoted as saying by an agency report.The Al Jazeera report had alleged that Australian players were involved in spot-fixing during the 2017 Ranchi Test against India, in which Maxwell made his maiden Test century after being recalled. An(ICC) investigation into the allegations is currently underway.“If there’s anything slightly amiss, Ialways give them a call and make sure they have every bit of evidence they can possibly have. There’s some things you see in the game of cricket where you’re always just a little bit unsure.All the things you do hear in the game, and when it comes out later on you go, ‘Oh, I swear I could have noticed that while I was watching it’,” Maxwell said.Maxwell also hinted that things were ‘untoward’ in some IPL matches, saying it was easier when he captained Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2017. “It was probably easier when I was captain and I was able to see the way the game was going, and the instructions that I was giving players, and the way the game was moving, I could actually work it out a little better. There wasn’t really anything untoward in the season I was captain, but you could certainly tell from opposition stuff and that’s why I reported certain things.”KXIP officials did not immediately respond to questions from this paper but an official of Gujarat Lions, a franchise that was in the IPL for only two seasons in 2016 and 2017, confirmed to Mirror that such an incident involving Maxwell and his late-night cycle ride had come to their notice.“It was not a party, it was a just a gettogether and we were told of the Maxwell incident next morning,” the official said.