Former Australian player demands action against Josh Hazlewood for defeat in WTC, questions raised about IPL

Former Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has fiercely targeted Josh Hazlewood (Josh Hazlewood) after a defeat to South Africa in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC 2025). He believes that this defeat is somewhere responsible Josh Hazlewood. To prove this right, Johnson has brought the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) in the middle.

Josh Hazlewood came to play IPL and came to play IPL

In fact, in his column for West Australian, Mitchell Johnson wrote, “For the last few years, there has been concerns about the fitness of Josh Hazlewood. In such a situation, when he left the preparation of the WTC final and returned to India for the IPL, it all led to a shocking step. It also showed its impact on his performance.”

Apart from this, he said that if all the senior players are in the team for a series like Ashes only, then everyone will have to think whether everyone should have the same mentality here for the future. In view of the future, he has also talked about focusing on new players and thinking about the new option to the selectors.

Players like Scott Bolland should give priority

Mitchell Johnson further wrote that he is not speaking with the intention of criticism, but the selectors should now prioritize the new best players like Sam Constas, Josh England and Scott Bolland. He also said that now the right time has come, to show confidence in young players and prepare them.

Australia lost by 5 wickets

The WTC final match was played between Australia and South Africa. Where within 4 days, South Africa defeated Australia by 5 wickets and won this historic title. After a long wait of 27 years, South Africa has won the title.