IPL 2025: Why Josh Hazlewood and Phil Salt Missed RCB vs CSK Clash

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RCB faces CSK at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in IPL 2025, but fans were surprised to see Josh Hazlewood and Phil Salt absent from the playing XI

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Josh Hazlewood has been in superb form for RCB with 18 wickets from 10 games, but he’s been rested due to a shoulder niggle

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In Hazlewood's place, RCB has given a debut cap to South African pace bowler Lungi Ngidi

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Phil Salt, who missed the previous game against DC due to illness, is again absent from the playing XI against CSK

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It’s likely that Salt has not yet fully recovered from his illness, which is why he remains out of the squad

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In Salt’s place, young English batter Jacob Bethell opens the innings alongside Virat Kohli

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RCB’s playing XI against CSK: Bethell, Kohli, Padikkal, Patidar (c), Sharma (wk), David, Pandya, Shepherd, Kumar, Ngidi, Dayal

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Impact substitutes for RCB: Suyash Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh

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