Josh Hazlewood IPL 2025 Profile: Team, Price, Career Stats and Records

Josh Hazlewood IPL Profile

Born in New South Wales, Australia, Josh Hazlewood started his cricketing career from a very young age. Josh Hazlewood is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who is often compared to his idol Glenn McGrath. Although Josh is a typical bowler, he can also be a left-handed batter. 34-year-old Josh Hazlewood is 6 feet 5 inches tall and often uses his height to dominate the batsman on the field. However, he broke the stereotypical image of an aggressive fast bowler. Instead, he has this calm and composed personality and lets his bowling speak on the field. In IPL, Halzewood made an appearance in 2020 and lifted a trophy with Chennai Super Kings in 2021. Currently, Josh Hazlewood plays for the RCB in the 2025 season. 

Here is an overview of Josh Hazelwood IPL 2025 profile-  

Josh Hazlewood IPL Debut

In the 2020 IPL season, Josh Hazlewood entered the tournament with the Chennai Super Kings. He played his IPL debut match with Chennai Super Kings against Delhi Capitals on September 25, 2020, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. He gave away 28 runs in 4 overs but didn’t scalp any wickets.

Josh Hazlewood IPL Team

Josh Hazlewood enters his 6th season of the Indian Premier League with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2025. Previously, he had a stint with the Chennai Super Kings.  

Josh Hazlewood IPL 2025 Team

After a tough bidding contest, the Bengaluru franchise secured Josh Hazlewood ahead of the IPL 2025 season. Although he missed the entire 2024 season due to injury and personal issues, RCB showed faith in Josh Hazelwood and bought his services for Rs 12.50 crore, which is higher than his previous IPL salary.     

Josh Hazlewood IPL Team from 2008 to 2025

From 2020 to 2021, Josh Hazlewood had a great season with the Chennai Super Kings. Hazelwood’s key performances also contributed to the CSK’s successful 2021 title win. For the following season in 2022, he joined forces with RCB and gave a strong debut of 20 wickets in 12 matches. Which earned the team’s trust for the following IPL seasons.   

Josh Hazlewood IPL Price 2025

 An International star pacer, Josh Hazelwood picked up by the Chennai franchise in the 2020 IPL auction for the price of Rs 2 crore. His overall international and domestic cricket performances gave him a highlight in the IPL auction. He was retained by the franchise for the same IPL salary until the Bengaluru franchise bid higher in 2022. The RCB acquired his services for Rs 7.75 crore up until 2025, when he got a raise of Rs 12.50 crore thanks to the bidding contest.  

Josh Hazlewood IPL Career Stats

Hazelwood is known for his accurate line and length, seam movement, and low economy rate, which eventually builds the pressure on the batter. He often delivered a tight spell, which led to mistakes by the batter and eventually wickets. Plus, he has the advantage of his height, and uses it as a tool to demolish batsmen completely. 

Let’s see Josh Hazlewood's IPL stats for batting and bowling in his career.             

Josh Hazlewood Batting Stats

Despite his great bowling, Josh Hazlewood is no batter. He bats with his left hand, lower-order batter hardly gets a chance to bat. Throughout his IPL career, he only scored 19 runs in 32 matches with a strike rate of 67.89. His highest score is only 7 runs in 2022. 

Below is the table showing all of Josh Hazlewood's IPL batting stats from 2020 to 2025. 

Josh Hazlewood Bowling Stats

For Josh Hazlewood 2022 IPL was the best season of his career so far. He took 20 wickets for an average of  18.85 and an economy rate of 13.95. He also scored his best bowling figure of 4 wickets for 25 runs for RCB. Since his IPL debut, Hazelwood has consistently taken scalps. Despite his absence in most of the 2023 season and missing the entire season of 2024 due to his injury and personal issues, he made it to the IPL 2025 season. 

Below is the table that shows all of Josh Hazlewood's IPL bowling stats from the 2020 to 2025 season. 

Josh Hazlewood IPL Records List

Since his IPL debut, Josh Hazlewood has been impressive with his pace and attacking bowling style. So far, he has played 32 matches in the IPL tournament. He has bagged 43 wickets, including his 4/25 best bowling figure in his IPL career.   
 

Josh Hazlewood Wickets in IPL

To date, Josh has taken 43 wickets with an average rate of 22.63 and an economy rate of 8.15 in the 32 IPL matches. His best bowling figure is 4 wickets for 25 runs. 

Josh Hazlewood's Best Bowling Performance in IPL

In season 2022, Josh Hazlewood has recorded his best bowling figure of 4/25 in his IPL career. While playing for the RCB against LSG, Hazlewood scalped 4 wickets for 5 runs with an economy rate of 6.25 at Dr DY Patil stadium in Mumbai.