The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Director of Cricket, Mo Bobat has confirmed that Australian pacer is still recovering from a shoulder niggle. Bobat stated that the bowler is currently undergoing rehabilitation in Australia and continued to work on his fitness.
Meanwhile, the Rajat Patidar-led RCB Is set to face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on May 17 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season faced a temporary halt for a week due to the cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan.
“And in Josh Hazelwood’s case, he’s obviously been managing a shoulder niggle, which he’s had for a couple of weeks now. He’s still back in Australia and he’s still working on his rehab to come back from that shoulder niggle. We don’t have any updates right now at the minute, so we’re going to have to take that day-by-day,” said Bobat in the RCB Bold Diaries show.
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The Director of Cricket admitted that arranging security on short notice was extremely challenging. He emphasised that the management worked swiftly to communicate the revised schedule to the players. He also insisted that the decision was made promptly to inform the Indian players about their reporting time to the camp to ensure minimal disruption.
“Once we got the schedule, we didn’t have much time to try and make sense of it and try and understand what we needed to do to get ready for our first game. So overnight we were trying to find out as much security detail as possible because we needed to communicate that to the players. We made a very quick decision to communicate to the Indian players about when we wanted them back,” Bobat conceded.
Bobat stated that coordinating with multiple cricket boards required plenty of communication and planning. He revealed that he and head coach Andy Flower were constantly engaged in video calls to discuss logistical arrangements and ensure that the players felt safe and comfortable during this period.
“We also needed to liaise with some of the overseas governing bodies, you know, the ECB, Cricket Australia and obviously more recently, you know, Cricket South Africa and West Indies. Because you need to know what impact it’s going to have on them now that it’s finishing dating. So there was a lot of communicating to do. Andy and I lined up video calls with all of the overseas players. We spoke to each of them, took them through the security detail, took them through the schedule, talked to them about how RCB were going to look after them, which is really important for them to understand because we want them to feel safe and happy here,” he added.
