Josh Hazlewood excelled for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their 50-run victory over Chennai Super Kings in Match 8 of IPL 2025 at Chepauk. Hazlewood’s standout performance included 2 wickets in the powerplay and dismissing Ravindra Jadeja. Consequently, he was named the Player of the Day.
In a chase of 197, CSK scored 30/3 at the end of their powerplay, with Hazlewood shining at 2/6 from 2 overs. Hazlewood dismissed Tripathi and Gaikwad in his first over for RCB, both trying to pull shots. Finally, he got Jadeja to finish with an overall figure of 3/21 from 4 overs.
CSK started at 7/0 after the 1st over, but Hazlewood’s 2nd over changed the game. With a match-winning effort, he pushed CSK back to 8/2, halting their progress for the rest of the match.
Hazlewood bowled 15 dot balls in 4 overs against CSK, conceding 4 fours. His 3/21 took his IPL scalps to 40 from 29 matches at an average of 21.32. In 2 matches this season, he has 5 scalps at 8.60 and an economy rate of 5.37.
RCB secured their first victory against CSK at Chepauk since 2008, winning by 50 runs. This marked their only win out of nine previous attempts at the venue, which occurred in the inaugural edition, with Rajat Patidar named the Man of the Match.
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