IPL 2023: Josh Hazlewood RCB – Ahead of Indian Premier League (IPL) season 16 things are not looking for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). After Glenn Maxwell’s injury, Josh Hazlewood is set to miss a few matches due to recovering from Achilles injury. The Australia pacer is also ruled out of the remaining two Test matches against India and has returned home for treatment. It is still not clear whether the RCB pacer will be fit in time to play the team’s first match against Mumbai Indians on April 2. Follow IPL 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
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IPL 2023: Blow for Australia as Josh Hazlewood set to miss three-match ODI series against India – Australia received a massive blow as Hazlewood is also ruled out of the three-match ODI series against India starting on March 17. The right-arm pacer was initially only ruled out of the first Test against India. Managing Achilles became a big trouble for Hazlewood, and Australia decided to send him back.
“Just a bit of workload management at the moment. Just managing the Achilles. I was bowling a fair bit leading into the tour at home and sort of just pushing up against it,” Hazlewood said. “Probably wasn’t recovering as well as I would have liked between each session, so thought we’d give it a few days here straight off the bat and try and get over the hump and have a bowl from Tuesday on (in Nagpur) and hope it goes well.”
IPL 2023: Why Hazlewood’s missing a few matches for RCB could be a disaster?
- Hazlewood is RCB’s most consistent bowler in power play and death overs.
- The pacer took 20 wickets in IPL 2022 season and was the best bowler for the side behind Wanindu Hasaranga.
- Hazlewood is also pretty economical in the power play conceding runs below seven runs per over.
- The Australia pacer is the leader of the RCB attack and is their most valuable asset.
In another good news for RCB Maxwell is selected for the ODI series against India. If the all-rounder proves his fitness in these three games, then he could play a full season of IPL for RCB without missing games.
IPL 2023: Another BIG jolt to RCB after Glenn Maxwell INJURED Josh Hazlewood to miss matches for Virat Kohli’s side, CHECK out
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