Josh Hazlewood is suffering due to a foot injury. He missed out on the Test Series and ODI Series against India and is also likely to miss the IPL 2023 to be in perfect shape for the Ashes and World Test Championship Final 2023, which are scheduled to be played in June 2023.
The Australian pacer is the mainstay of bowling in the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad. He is also the number one ranked T20I bowler, and his absence is going to be a huge factor for RCB in IPL 2023. There are high chances that Josh Hazlewood will miss the IPL 2023, but the official confirmation from the pacer himself and RCB is yet to come.
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Indian Premier League is just a few days away, and we expect the announcement about Hazlewood’s future in IPL to be made in the next couple of days. The latest reports suggest that Josh Hazlewood can be replaced by Wayne Parnell in IPL 2023.
The South African bowling all-rounder Wayne Parnell has been excellent in the T20s this year. He bowled well in the recently concluded SA20 League and has improved significantly over the past couple of years. Surprisingly, he went unsold at the IPL 2023 auction despite his name being brought up four times in the auction.