Jason Behrendorff cricket: Has Josh Hazlewood’s IPL 2021 replacement played in the IPL before?

Dixit Bhargav | 09/04/2021
Jason Behrendorff cricket: Has Josh Hazlewood's IPL 2021 replacement played in the IPL before?

Jason Behrendorff: Chennai Super Kings have roped in an Australian pacer to replace Josh Hazlewood in Indian Premier League 2021.

Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings have included Australia fast bowler Jason Behrendorff as a replacement for a fellow Australian in Josh Hazlewood.

Following the likes of batsman Josh Philippe and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh, Hazlewood had become the third Australian player to opt out of the imminent 14th season of the IPL in order to spend time at home with “friends and family”.

In the 10 overs that Hazlewood had bowled across three T20s in his maiden IPL season last year, his solitary wicket had come at an average of 64.

Has Jason Behrendorff played in the IPL before?

Having received such a blow even before the start of the tournament, Super Kings were bound to name a replacement. In what was also our first-choice option of replacing Hazlewood, CSK have roped in a 30-year old left-arm fast bowler from Western Australia.

Behrendorff, who has played in 18 white-ball matches at the highest level, had last represented Australia during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

In the recently concluded 10th season of the Big Bash League, Behrendorff’s 16 wickets had come at an economy and strike rate of 7.03 and 19.8 respectively. His impressive show for Perth Scorchers even earned him a T20I recall for the tour of New Zealand.

It was in IPL 2019 that Behrendorff had made his IPL debut representing Mumbai Indians in five T20s. Behrendorff’s five IPL wickets have come at an average of 33, an economy rate of 8.68 and a strike rate of 22.80.

At Super Kings, Behrendorff will compete for the overseas bowler’s spot with the likes of Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran and Dwayne Bravo.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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