Josh Hazlewood has booked himself a return to the Indian Premier League final, and now waits to see if Pat Cummins will join him.
Hazlewood's Royal Challengers Bengaluru thrashed Gujarat Titans in the first playoff qualifier by 92 runs, but the match was even more one-sided than that margin suggests.
The defending champions smashed 5-254 with Rajat Patidar thumping 93 not out from 33 balls then reduced Titans - who finished second to them in the regular season on net run rate - to 8-88.
With Rahul Tewatia making 68 off 43 Gujarat managed to reach 162 before being dismissed in the last over but the match was long gone.
Hazlewood himself had modest figures of 1-39, but he took the key wicket of Jos Buttler who was launching a counter-attack with 29 off 10 balls before being bowled by the NSW quick.
