Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood is back at Royal Challengers Bengaluru after the franchise bought him for INR 12.50 Crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Hazlewood was a part of RCB before the franchise released him ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. The fast bowler went unsold in the last year’s auction, but is now back in the cash-rich league after an year.
Josh Hazlewood had a good season with the ball for RCB in IPL 2022 taking 20 scalps in 12 matches. However, the fast bowler only got to play three games in IPL 2023. Now, Hazlewood is back in the RCB squad and will be seen as a spearhead fast bowler along with Yash Dayal in the upcoming edition.
Josh Hazlewood IPL Salary breakdown
Josh Hazlewood made his IPL debut for Chennai Super Kings in 2020 after the franchise bought him for INR 2 Crore in the auction. After two years with CSK. Hazlewood was sold to RCB for INR 7.75 ahead of IPL 2022. Talking about his IPL salary, as Hazlewood will play as a spearhead fast bowler, he is likely to complete his quota of four overs in a match.
As every franchise is confirmed to play 14 league matches in an IPL season, Josh Hazlewood will bowl 336 balls in the league stage, which means the fast bowler will earn around INR 3.72 Lakh per ball in IPL 2025. However, if RCB qualify for the final, Hazlewood is likely to bowl 408 balls throughout the tournament with a maximum 17 matches to be played. According to this, the right-arm pacer will earn around INR 3 Lakh per ball in IPL 2025.
