T20 World Cup 2024 is being organized between 20 teams. This tournament is hosted by America and West Indies. Meanwhile, the champion player who played in IPL this season for KKR has made a big statement before his first match in the World Cup. This player is none other than England opener Phil Salt. For Phil Salt, the T20 World Cup being organized in the West Indies is no less than a boon. England won its first T20 World Cup title in the year 2010 in the West Indies itself. At that time, Phil Salt watched his team win the World Cup from the gallery.
Phil Salt grew up in the West Indies
Salt came to Barbados at the age of 10 and lived here for five years. Salt then moved back to England and as an emerging player he also had the option of playing for the West Indies. Salt told the ICC’s official website for the World Cup, “Everything about this place suits me. Very calm, a lot of cricket, a lot of sports and I have a lot of friends on the island.” The England team started its campaign against Scotland on Wednesday.
Phil Salt said that I saw England playing here (2010 T20 World Cup), saw them winning. I think every child present among the spectators in the stadium dreams of playing on the field one day, I also wanted to do the same but probably no one believed it that day. He said that it is unbelievable to come here in the England jersey with the passion to achieve something. That day I also dreamed of winning the trophy. Whenever I think about that day, this thing always remains in my mind.
The record has been excellent in the West Indies
Phil Salt has grown up idolizing players like Craig Kieswetter and Chris Gayle in his career. He said that when I was a kid, whoever hit the ball hard. I used to watch them on YouTube and try to copy them. Phil Salt’s record in the West Indies has also been amazing. In the T20 format, Phil Salt has scored 391 runs at an average of 49 in the West Indies, which is his highest in any country. He scored 2 consecutive centuries against West Indies in December 2023 in the West Indies. In such a situation, all the teams are very threatened by him.
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