Josh Hazlewood powers Royal Challengers Bengaluru into IPL final
Josh Hazlewood showed he's got no issues with his shoulder after snaring three wickets in his first game for a month to help push Royal Challengers Bengaluru into their first Indian Premier League final since 2016.
Having overcome the shoulder issue that he was managing in India, Hazlewood ripped through the Punjab Kings' top order, claiming the prized wicket of captain Shreyas Iyer and then fellow Aussie Josh Inglis, and finished with 3-21.
It was perfect timing for Hazlewood, who is in a one-on-one battle with fellow Test quick Scott Boland for a place in the Australian team for the World Test Championship final at Lord's.
Australian coach Andrew McDonald declared earlier this week that only one of the pair would take on South Africa and was happy with Hazlewood to round out his preparation in India.
'Whatever decision we make, it's never going to be a popular one,' he said.
'We leave Scott Boland out, we polarise Victoria, we leave Josh Hazlewood out, we polarise NSW.
'We see them as a unit, co-exiting and the more they can give each other a bit of reprieve from the rigours of Test cricket, it makes our team all the better.'
Hazlewood will now be the last Australian to arrive in London for the WTC final, but McDonald was happy for him to be playing cricket, confident there was enough time to get red-ball ready.
'We have seven days of training. It will be good to see everyone come back together … it's a muddled mess in terms of the prep,' he told SEN.
'It always causes you unease when there is a T20 tournament right up to the start of the WTC. I'm not saying it's perfect having people all over the world, but we are well versed in preparing players remotely, having guys with us and bringing that all together.
'This has been a two-year journey, right back to the last WTC final. This is a priority for our group, they have zeroed in on it.'
Australia will take on South Africa from June 11.
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