Will salt and hazelwood return?

Royal Challengers Bangalore will aim to seal their berths in the IPL 2025 playoffs with a win against LSG on Friday. Silver Patidar and Cum. Enjoyed a six-day break after his narrow 2-rin win against CSK in Bengaluru. RCB will be forced to make changes in the XI of their play after injury and uncertainty on the availability of some star players.

RCB predicts to play XI vs LSG

Hazelwood and salt back?

Hazelwood, who is one of the best bowlers of RCB in IPL 2025, was released out of the previous game due to shoulder swallowing. RCB recalled her in the previous game as CSK almost managed to take the game away from them. However, thanks to Yash Dayal for a brilliant final over, the hosts were saved from blues.

Similarly, RCB’s most explosive batsman in Powerplay – salt – has missed some sports due to a disease. While Jacob Bethel did a good job in his absence, the team would like the salt back as soon as possible.

After the game against CSK, RCB mentor Dinesh Karthik said that he hopes that both would return to action against LSG. It remains to be seen whether they will make it to play XI on Friday.

DDP out

Devdutt Padikkal has been excluded from the remaining IPL 2025 due to an untimely injury. He excelled in his role in number 3, stitching important partnerships with Kohli and others.

Now, RCB has planted its replacement in DDP partner Karnataka star Mayank Agarwal. The batsman, who is an experienced, will make it to play directly.

RCB squad for IPL 2025

Jacob Bethel, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (C), Jeetesh Sharma (W), Tim David, Romio Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Cash, Hazelwood, Philip Salt, Nuwan Thaushra, Mohit Rathi, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh