IPL playerAustralia2020 to 2026
Josh Hazlewood
On scorecards: JR Hazlewood · Right-hand bat
Josh Hazlewood, a bowler, has played six IPL seasons for two franchises. Three titles came along the way.
The arrival
Josh Hazlewood arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹2 cr, the base price.
That first season brought 3 matches and 1 wicket at 6.40 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2025, for Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 22 wickets at 8.77 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.48, with best figures of 4 for 33. Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the title that year. Three seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2022, 2025 and 2026).
Franchise by franchise
2020 to 2021, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹2 cr. 12 matches and 12 wickets; champions in 2021.
2022 to 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹7.75 cr. 40 matches and 60 wickets; champions in 2025 and 2026.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2022 to 2026. 2024 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 72 wickets in 1,178 deliveries, at 8.61 runs an over against a league rate of 8.89 for the same seasons: 0.28 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time. There were three four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 4 for 12.
42% of the balls Josh Hazlewood bowled were dots, a higher share than 91% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 16.3 balls.
The fielding record: 8 catches.
At the auction
Josh Hazlewood has gone under the hammer five times, bought four times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹12.50 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2025, more than 6 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹50 lakh in 2014, ₹12.50 cr by 2025. Unsold in 2024, Josh Hazlewood was bought again in 2025 by Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Mumbai Indians in 2014.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Josh Hazlewood has made 52 IPL appearances, the latest for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2026, and has won 4 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Chennai Super Kings | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 6.40 | 1/19 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Chennai Super Kings | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 11 | 8.37 | 3/24 | 1 | 1 | Champions |
| 2022 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 12 | 18 | 7* | – | 69.2 | 0/0 | 20 | 8.11 | 4/25 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3 | 1 | 1* | – | 50.0 | 0/0 | 3 | 8.14 | 2/15 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 12 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 22 | 8.77 | 4/33 | 1 | 1 | Champions |
| 2026 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 15 | 9.59 | 4/12 | 6 | 2 | Champions |
Franchise journey
- Chennai Super Kings: 2020 to 2021
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2022 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 50% |
| Balls per four | 30 |
| Balls per six | 30 |
| Dot balls bowled | 42% |
| Balls per wicket | 16.3 |
| Catches | 8 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | FA3 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹50 lakh |
| 2020 | FA2 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹2 cr |
| 2022 | FA1 | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹7.75 cr |
| 2024 | FA1 | ₹2 cr | Unsold |
| 2025 | FA1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹12.50 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet