Watch: Josh Hazlewood's brilliant spell sinks LSG

Royal Challengers Bangalore bowler Josh Hazlewood put up a scintillating performance against the Lucknow Super Giants and helped the team register their 5th win of the campaign.

The Aussie pacer picked up four crucial wickets for the men in red by giving away only 25 runs in his four overs. With 181 runs on the board, RCB needed a good bowling performance to stop their opponents reach the target. Hazlewood provided the first breakthrough with the wicket of Quinton de Kock. The South African batter fell prey to a brilliant ball that moved away from him, and QDK edged it to the first slip. 

The Aussie bowler followed it up with his second wicket when Manish Pandey mistimed a pull shot and found the fielder stationed at mid-wicket. But, looking at his current form, Hazlewood's third was his most precious one. In-form LSG batsman Ayush Badoni had moved across quite a bit, exposing all three stumps to aim at. 

However, the wily pacer read his mind early, and delivered the ball way outside the wide mark, and the youngster was caught behind the wicket while attempting a sweep. 

Hazlewood's fourth and final scalp was of Marcus Stoinis, who looked promising, having already hit 24 runs off just 15 balls. But, just like Badoni, Stoinis moved to his off to pick his spot. 

The fast bowler kept the ball right on the batter's legs and managed to hit the stumps after hitting the pad. With the wicket of Stoinis, Hazlewood ended LSG's hopes of scripting their 4th win of the season. 

As a result, Royal Challengers Bangalore are now placed second on the IPL table with 10 points. If Hazlewood keeps on performing like this, there might be a fair chance for RCB to end the hunt for their maiden IPL title.