Glenn Phillips Injury: Glen Philips, one of New Zealand’s Dhakad cricketer and one of the best fielders in the world, had not yet played in IPL 2025. Now the Gujarat Titans fielded him as a substitute against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Before that he could win the hearts of fans with his tremendous fielding, Philips went out of the field due to injury. Recall that Philips was bought by Gujarat for Rs 2 crore in the mega auction.

This incident is of the sixth over of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s innings. Ishaan Kishan ran for a run off the fourth ball of the famous Krishna’s over. Meanwhile, Glenn Philips threw thrown at the speed of electricity. Immediately after throwing the ball, the Philips fell on the ground while hitting Gulatiyan. Physio was immediately called on the field, which took Philips out of the field. So far no official statement has been revealed on the injury of Philips.

Not a single match played in IPL 2025

Glenn Philips is currently one of the best fielders in the world. White ball has established a special identity for his stormy innings in cricket. Despite this, the management of the Gujarat team has not given Philips a chance to play a single match in IPL 2025 yet. Philips has so far scored only 65 runs in 8 matches played in the Indian Premier League and has also taken 2 wickets playing the role of all -rounder.

In this entire match, Gujarat Titans head coach Aashese Nehra looked quite active as usual. He was seen screaming due to Sai Sudarshan leaving the catch. Apparently, he must have been very disappointed even after the injury of Philips.

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Glenn Phillips Fielding: Cricket has got the best fielders like Jonty Rhodes, Ravindra Jadeja and AB de Villiers. But for some time, Glenn Philips of New Zealand has remained in the headlines due to his fielding more than his fierce batting. They are very agile, agile, like they are genetic and catching in the style of Superman is not new for him. Now an interview of him has come out, in which he told that if he had not been a cricketer, he would have been working in which profession.

According to the news agency PTI, Glenn Philips would have been working as a pilot if he had not been a cricketer. He said, “If I would not have been playing cricket and had a lot of money, I might have been working as a pilot. I like to fly in the air and a pilot whatever work, I like all that, whether it is to talk on the radio or to run the plane. I don’t know why I like it, but this is the other thing that I enjoy after cricket.”

VIDEO | New Zealand Cricketer Glenn Phillips Talks about his passion of flying which is part of his post retirement plan:

“It’s a huge passion of mine. If i wasn’t playing cricket and I had all the money in the world growing up, I probally would have ended up being a pilot, to… pic.twitter.com/mf7b8nw9l1

– Press Trust of India (@Pti_News) March 25, 2025

New Zealand Cricket Board has helped

Glenn Philips says that as soon as he started getting success in the cricket career, his dream of becoming a pilot also went away. However, he has entered the world of flight simulation. Even with the help of New Zealand Cricket Board, he found admission in Emirates Training Center. There he has taken official training of flight simulation.

Glenn Philips has especially made a distinct identity in white ball cricket. So far, in 44 ODIs, he has scored 1,112 runs at a strike rate of around 102, including a century and 5 fifty. On the other hand, his strike rate in T20 matches is more than 140. So far, he has scored 1,929 runs in 83 international T20 matches. He also has 2 centuries and 10 fifty in T20.

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