Salt hit 8 fours and 6 sixes
In the last match against Gujarat Titans, Phil Salt, who was a golden duck, batted stormy. Opener Salt hit Jos Hazlewood for a six and a four in the third over. In the 5th over, he broke down on Mohammad Siraj. He hit RCB’s most successful bowler Siraj for 2 sixes and a four off three consecutive balls. After this, he did not look back at all. He completed his fifty off 28 balls.
He hit at least one boundary against all RCB bowlers including Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj. His bat yielded 87 runs off 45 balls at a strike rate of 193.33. This innings included 8 fours and 6 sixes.
Who is Phil Salt?
Phil Salt is a wicket-keeper batsman from England. He was joined by Delhi Capitals in place of Rishabh Pant. Phil plays for Delhi based franchise Pretoria Capitals in South Africa’s T20 League SAT20. Salt has also played 14 ODIs and 16 T20 matches for England. His strike rate is 126 in ODIs and 149 in T20s.
He was also a part of the English team that won the T20 World Cup 2022. He also got a place in the playing XI for the semi-finals and final. Last year on the tour of Pakistan, Salt hit 88 runs in 41 balls in a T20 match.