Former player Aakash Chopra believes that the absence of Josh Hazlewood in the remaining matches of IPL 2025 will be a big blow to Royal Challengers Bangalore. Let us tell you that Josh Hazlewood has a shoulder injury and he was ruled out of the match against Chennai Super Kings on May 3. Hazlewood is the leading wicket-taker for the RCB with 18 wickets in 10 games this season. His bowling has been praised by many people.
Know what Aakash Chopra said about Josh Hazlewood
Aakash Chopra said on his official YouTube channel that,
‘𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒉 𝑯𝒂𝒛𝒍𝒆𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚. 𝑹𝑪𝑩 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝑷𝑳 2025. 𝑰𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒋𝒂𝒃 𝒗𝒔. 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒉𝒊 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.’
Chopra further said,
‘𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒉 𝑯𝒂𝒛𝒍𝒆𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝑪𝑩 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒏𝒐𝒘. 𝑳𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒊 𝑵𝒈𝒊𝒅𝒊 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉, 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝑹𝑪𝑩 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕.’
The former player also put forward his side regarding Tim David
Regarding Tim David, Aakash Chopra further said,
‘𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. 𝑰𝒇 𝑻𝒊𝒎 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏, 𝑹𝑪𝑩 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒆.’
Tim David, playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, has scored 186 runs at a strike rate of over 193 in IPL 2025 and has been dismissed only twice in eight innings.
Talking about the Royal Challengers Bangalore team, they have won 8 out of 11 matches and the franchise has 16 points. RCB is at the second position in the IPL 2025 points table.
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