IPL 2022: Mohammad Kaif lauds Josh Hazlewood's match-winning spell for RCB vs LSG

Mohammad Kaif reckons Josh Hazlewood’s acquisition may go a great distance in direction of serving to the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) win their maiden IPL title and enter the listing of IPL winners.

Hazlewood returned figures of 4/25 in final night time’s IPL 2022 conflict towards the Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG). His spell helped RCB prohibit KL Rahul’s aspect to a rating of 163/8 to win the match by 18 runs.

Whereas reviewing the match throughout a dialogue on Star Sports activities, Kaif highlighted the significance of bowlers like Josh Hazlewood to RCB’s title aspirations. He mentioned:

“RCB require such a bowler, they’ve the batting. We’ve seen for years, they’d Chris Gayle and AB de Villers, they’ve Virat Kohli but when they get the bowlers, then the trail they’ve launched into to win the IPL, it’s attainable.”

The previous RCB participant had the next to say about Hazlewood’s new-ball spell and his dismissals of Quinton de Kock and Marcus Stoinis:

“You get dismissals like this (De Kock’s) in Take a look at matches, line and size with the bounce and he received out within the slips. He has received the intelligence now, he used the yorker to dismiss Stoinis, it was additionally a really massive wicket as a result of Stonis is an excellent batter, he can end the sport. The primary spell he bowled with the brand new ball, you’ll spend cash to observe a spell like that.”

Josh Hazlewood received De Kock to edge a catch to Glenn Maxwell at first slip to offer RCB an early breakthrough. His dismissal of Stoinis proved to be the ultimate nail in LSG’s coffin.

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“We noticed the whole lot in his bowling” – Irfan Pathan on Josh Hazlewood’s spell

Josh Hazlewood confirmed lots of selection in his bowling [P/C: iplt20.com]

Irfan Pathan identified that Hazlewood’s bowling was as instrumental in RCB’s win as Faf du Plessis’ knock. He elaborated:

“If somebody gained them the match after Faf du Plessis’ knock, it was Hazlewood. He used the brand new ball very nicely, the way in which he dismissed Manish Pandey, the utilization of lengths and the slower ones, the management on line and bluff, we noticed the whole lot in his bowling.”

The previous India all-rounder concluded by observing that Josh Hazlewood’s bowling model rekindled recollections of Glenn McGrath. Pathan defined:

“He all the time reminds us about Glenn McGrath, I say it repeatedly that he’s that model of bowler. He’s tall and makes use of his peak. He isn’t a 145 kph bowler, he bowls round 135-138 however together with that the management and further bounce. The slower ball he has began utilizing with which he dismissed Ayush Badoni, I believe all-in-all an ideal day.”

Hazlewood dismissed De Kock and Manish Pandey in his first spell to offer RCB the higher hand. He then returned to eliminate Ayush Badoni and Stoinis to all however finish LSG’s hopes of a win.