{"id":500328,"date":"2026-04-27T22:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=500328"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:23:54","slug":"injury-plagued-hazlewood-stuns-ipl-with-insane-spell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=500328","title":{"rendered":"Injury-plagued Hazlewood stuns IPL with insane spell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Superstar Aussie fast bowler Josh Hazlewood<\/a> and teammate Bhuvneshwar Kumar routed Delhi Capitals for 75 and led defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a thumping nine-wicket win in the Indian Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Delhi made 2-264 against IPL leaders the Punjab Kings on Saturday but two days later was shot out for its third lowest total.<\/p>\n

Australian Test and white-ball veteran Hazlewood picked up 4-12 and Kumar 3-5.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI still cannot understand what happened,\u201d Delhi captain Axar Patel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn cricket\u2026 you cannot take it easy for even one day."<\/p>\n

\"Royal<\/p>\n

Bengaluru avenged its home loss to Delhi by cruising to 1-77 in 6.3 overs. Virat Kohli, the only man to pass 8000 IPL runs, passed 9000 with an unbeaten 23.<\/p>\n

Kohli capped a perfect night for Bengaluru as he raised the victory with back-to-back sixes against Thangarasu Natarajan.<\/p>\n

Devdutt Padikkal also hurried the run chase with 34 not out off just 13 balls that included two sixes and two fours in Kyle Jamiesen's one over.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven I am surprised (at how the game went),\u201d Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Hazlewood and Kumar ripped through the Delhi top order with impressive swing bowling and searing yorkers.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/cric_blog\/status\/2048767712583958630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n

Hazlewood, 35, endured an injury-plagued home summer for Australia, missing the entire Ashes series against England and then withdrawing from the Twenty20 World Cup.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen that ball was nice and hard, it was tough to bat,\u201d Hazlewood said.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Last year) we summed up conditions quickly and adapted our games. Feel like we are hitting our straps again at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The home team crashed to 6-8 within the first 23 balls of the game.<\/p>\n

Impact player Abishek Porel top-scored with 30 and helped Delhi cross its previous lowest total of 66 from 2017.<\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

Kumar\u2019s perfect yorker uprooted debutant Sahil Parakh\u2019s middle stump off the second ball and Hazlewood made it 3-2 with the wickets of Saturday century-maker Lokesh Rahul and Sameer Rizvi off successive balls.<\/p>\n

Delhi lost half the side in the space of 16 balls with just five runs on the board when Kumar found the edges of Tristan Stubbs and Patel.<\/p>\n

Hazlewood completed the top-order demolition when Nitish Rana gloved a catch in the fourth over to wide slip.<\/p>\n

Bengaluru stayed second in the table after six wins from eight games. Delhi was seventh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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