He hit 3 sixes and 1 four in the last four balls. He conceded a total of 22 runs, but that didn’t change the mentality of Josh Hazlewood or his team Royal Challengers Bangalore. On the contrary, the entire team was smiling. The prayer was that no no or wide balls could be avoided.
Hazlewood did not make a mistake in his measured bowling. Despite conceding 22 runs in the last over of the IPL final on Tuesday, he did his job well with two great dot balls in the first two balls of the over. To put it more broadly, he took 22 wickets in the entire tournament. He brought the Royal Challengers Bangalore the IPL title for the first time. Josh Hazlewood’s name was associated with many.
Of course, winning finals is nothing new for Aussie pacer Josh Hazlewood. Rather, winning finals is a habit for this Aussie pacer. He has played 9 finals in his professional career. He has won all of them. Which started in 2010. He won the final of the Under-19 World Cup for Australia.
Then in 2012, he won the final of the Champions League T20 tournament for the Sydney Sixers. He gave Sydney the superiority among the franchise teams around the world. The next final was in 2014. Where he won the Sheffield Shield in Australia. He played in the jersey of New South Wales.
He played in the 2015 World Cup final for Australia. He lifted the World Cup title at home at the famous MCG. Then in 2020, he won the Big Bash final for Sydney. He won the IPL title in 2021. He won the final for Chennai Super Kings against Kolkata Knight Riders.
He won the T20 World Cup for Australia in 2021. Hazlewood played a key role in Australia winning the title in the shorter format of cricket for the first time. He was excellent against India in Ahmedabad in 2023. This pacer’s great achievement was to keep India within 240 runs in the World Cup final.
And finally, in the 2025 IPL, he won the title for his team once again at the same stadium in Ahmedabad. This time, he played in the jersey of Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 34-year-old pacer also kept his record of winning the final intact on the day he brought RCB its first title.
