Josh Hazlewood reacts to 'nickname' given by RCB fans

Australian cricketers Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, and Nathan Lyon discussed Hazlewood's nickname "Hazel God" fixed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru fans up of the ICC World Test Championship last against Australia astatine Lord's connected June 11.Hazlewood responded to his caller nickname saying, "Yeah, hopefully it runs retired of steam beauteous quickly."

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Starc shared his thoughts connected the nickname stating, "Hopefully it sticks, due to the fact that I don't deliberation helium likes it excessively much. He's had a fantastic fewer months, the large fella implicit successful India, and he's travel location with bags of cash. So I look guardant to seeing him successful enactment present astatine the Lords."Lyon revealed a astonishing improvement astir the nickname saying, "Hazel God, helium really referred to himself arsenic it the different day, which wholly took maine backmost by surprise.

Off the backmost of him winning the IPL, I deliberation he's moving with it."

Hazlewood has arrived successful the UK pursuing an awesome IPL run with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, wherever helium claimed 22 wickets and played a captious relation successful their title victory.He has begun his mentation for red-ball cricket, bowling astir 5 overs astatine mean strength during Australia's optional grooming league successful Beckenham connected Saturday.

Quiz: Who's that IPL player?If Hazlewood's mentation goes well, helium is apt to beryllium selected up of Scott Boland successful the starting XI for the WTC final.Since his instrumentality to Test cricket during the 2023 Ashes, Hazlewood has shown exceptional form, taking 57 wickets successful 13 matches astatine an mean of 19.68.The Australian squad for WTC last includes Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, Beau Webster, Pat Cummins (captain), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, and Matt Kuhnemann, with Brendan Doggett arsenic the travelling reserve.