IPL 2025 mein Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ne ek aur disappointing performance diya jab unka batting order Punjab Kings (PBKS) ke against sirf 42 runs pe 7 wickets kho baitha. Rain-hit match mein, jahan har team ko sirf 14 overs milen, RCB ki team ka hal bura tha. Hazlewood ko pehli baar season mein batting karne aana pada, lekin unhone bowling mein teen important wickets lekar match mein kuch izzat bachayi.
Match ke baad Hazlewood ne media se baat karte hue bataya, “Ye typical Chinnaswamy wicket nahi hai. Is baar thoda unpredictable bounce mil raha hai. Jo bowlers 6-8 metre length pe consistently hit kar rahe hain, unko reward mil raha hai.”
RCB ne batting mein struggle kiya, khaaskar opening se lekar middle-order tak. PBKS ke left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh ne early breakthroughs dekar RCB ka top-order hilaa diya. Tim David ne last mein aakar 50* ki fighting knock kheli aur team ko 95/9 tak le gaye. Ye unka pehla IPL half-century tha.
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Hazlewood ne clear message diya ki agar RCB ko home matches jeetne hain, toh unke top 5-6 batters ko responsibility leni hogi aur poore 20 overs tak tikna hoga. “Opposition ke ek batter ne har match mein partnership banayi aur late overs mein run banaye. Humein wahi karna hoga,” unhone kaha.
Josh Hazlewood🎙️: “It’s just about balance… thoda time lena zaruri hai, har ball pe maarne ka try nahi karna chahiye. Wicket tough hai…”
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Bowling mein Hazlewood ne PBKS ke teen big names ko out kiya — opener Priyansh Arya, captain Shreyas Iyer aur Josh Inglis. Unhone sirf 14 runs diye apne 3 overs mein aur ab CSK ke chinaman bowler ke saath season ke top wicket-taker (12 wickets) ban gaye hain.
RCB ke liye ab agla chance PBKS ke khilaaf revenge lene ka hai 20 April ko. Uske baad, 24 April ko wo Rajasthan Royals se takraayenge — ek team jo abhi khud form dhoond rahi hai. Home ground par teen defeats ke baad fans ko ek zabardast comeback ki umeed hai.
