Hazlewood on IPL auction: When your name pops up, strange thing to sit through

Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood said that he was just sitting at home when he was picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB in the Indian Premier League IPL 2022 mega auctionHazlewood was picked by RCB for Rs 775 crore in the mega auction and now he would be seen sharing the dressing room with the likes of Virat Kohli Glenn Maxwell and Faf du PlessisI was just sitting at home watching on the couch Its a strange thing to sit through when your name comes up and then the bidding starts It happens pretty quickly Everyone wants to bowl those difficult overs and really nail them Thats when you get to put up in lights for things like the IPL Its good to be the man cricketcomau quoted Hazlewood as sayingOn Sunday Hazlewood picked up three wickets in the second T20I against Sri Lanka and then he conceded just five runs in the Super Over helping Australia gain a 20 series lead in the fivematch seriesJust learning what to bowl at what times to what batters I know it sounds reasonably simple but I think doing that planning before the games and knowing whos who where their strengths are and where to bowl is crucial That probably gives you a little bit more leeway on execution if you know where their weaknesses are and where their strengths are said HazlewoodExecuting is the number one thing Hitting those yorkers as I did at the end mixing it up and having a few changes of pace to lefties and righties Its different all the time and depends on the wickets as well Its a combination of everything but consecutive games and series just to put it into practice it just gives you that confidence that you can do it he addedRCB acquired Indian allrounder Harshal Patel Rs 1075 crore Sri Lankan legspinner Wanindu Hasaranga Rs 1075 crore Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood Rs 775 crore South Africas veteran batsman Faf du Plessis Rs 7 crore and these all are the top buys among the 19 players bought by the team at the Indian Premier League IPL mega auction 2022In its endeavour to build a bold brigade for excellence in the upcoming IPL season RCB also added steel and resolve to the squad with the additions of veteran India wicketkeeperbatsman Dinesh Karthik Rs 55 crore wicketkeeperbatsman Anuj Rawat Rs 34 crore leftarm orthodox bowler and lefthand batsman Shahbaz Ahamad Rs 24 crore West Indies allrounder Sherfane Rutherford Rs 1 croreThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever