Josh Hazlewood Ditches RCB, it is unlikely to return to IPL 2025

There is increasing doubts as to whether Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Pacer Josh Hazlewood will return to the rest of IPL 2025, as the BCCI plans to resume the tournament next week after a one-week suspension due to the Indian-Pakistan conflict.

Josh Hazlewood lost the last game at RCB’s home against Chennai Super Kings on May 3 due to a shoulder problem, and was already uncertain for his next IPL 2025 confrontation against LuckNow Super Giants on May 9 before the tournament was suspended.

Josh Hazlewood is unlikely to return to RCB as IPL 2025 that resumed

Although the IPL 2025 had continued without interruption, the Australian Speedster Josh Hazlewood would probably be lost the rest of the season. Josh Hazlewood had previously said that he managed his physical fitness during the tournament, after a recent recovery from both a calf injury and a side tension.

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These injuries had maintained the quick bowler of several key international events earlier this year, including parts of the border-gavaskar 2024-25 trophy against India in December January, the Sri Lanka test series and the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in February-March.

Ca is not worried about the physical form of Josh Hazlewood

Despite the latest setback, a spnkicinfo report revealed that Cricket Australia (CA) is not too worried about Hazlewood. The fast Bowler is still expected to be appointed to the Australian tests staff, which will have a preparation field in England in early June before the ICC World Test Championship final.

As the IPL 2025 rests, the great headache for the BCCI is the availability of the players of Australia and South -Africa. The best Australian players like Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Travis Head still have to decide if they will return to India for the rest of the season.

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With the end of the ICC World Test Championship from June 11 at Lord’s, Australian players could choose to rest and prepare for the great match. Cummins and Chief of Game for Sunrisers Hyderabad, who are almost out of the Playoff IPL 2025 career and only three league games are left.

Uncertainty about the availability of Australia-South Africa players for IPL 2025

Therefore, the return of Cummins and Head seems unlikely. However, things would be complicated by Mitchell Starc, as Delhi’s capitals are still in the playoffs race. Starc also faced an exhausting journey from Dharamsala to Delhi by road and trained after a game stopped on May 8 for security reasons, which could also affect his decision.

Most New Zealand players have already returned home, but Mitchell Santner and Bevon Jacobs, who play the Mumbai Indians, have been left behind. According to the head of the New Zealand Cricket Players Association, Heath Mills, Santner and Jacobs stayed after the team asked.

On the other hand, the South Cricket -Africa will decide on Sunday (May 11) if its players can remain during the rest of the IPL 2025. Its current NOCs are valid only until May 25, and CSA said that the safety of the players will be the highest priority. With a warm -up game against Zimbabwe that took place in early June before the WTC final, it remains to see if they allow players to expand their stay.