The Australian pace bowler Josh Hazelwood joins the RCB camp in Bengaluru ahead of the first match against KKR in the season opener at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Royal Challengers Bengaluru signed Josh Hazelwood for 12.5 crore at the mega auction after not retaining him.
Josh Hazelwood suffered a calf strain during the third test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2025, which led him to miss the rest of the series and Champions Trophy 2025, there was speculation that Josh Hazelwood might miss some of the early games of RCB in this season, but with him joining the team, that puts an end to the speculation.
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Josh Hazelwood has been part of the RCB since 2022 and has done a great job, he has got 23 wickets in 15 matches with a best figure of 4/25, Hazelwood will be the leader of this bowling attack, with him now completely he’ll start alongside Bhuvaneshwar Kumar with the new ball in the powerplay.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru will begin their stint against the defending Champions Kolkata Knight Riders on March 22 at the Eden Gardens Kolkata.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad for IPL 2025
Batters: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara.
Wicket-Keepers: Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma.
All-Rounders: Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell.
Bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.
