Many RCB fans are worried that Hazlewood might miss the first two matches. But honestly, we really need Hazlewood from the match against MI.
RCB’s first match is against Pakistan, so Virat Kohli can handle that one. The second match is against 3rd class team CSK, which feels quite irrelevant since we usually dominate them. Against a team like CSK, we don’t really need Hazlewood, Bhuvi Krunal and Romario are more than enough.
But against MI, we definitely need Hazlewood. Look, Rohit Sharma can be dismissed even by our part-timers, but we have to be very careful against Quinton de Kock and Ryan Rickelton. They are truly dangerous. So yeah, we need a fully fit Hazlewood from the fourth match onwards.