Phil Salt torments former side KKR with blistering fifty: Stats
What's the story
Phil Salt came back to haunt his former side Kolkata Knight Riders in match 1 of the IPL 2025 season at Eden Gardens. Salt, who shone for KKR in their title-winning IPL 2024 campaign, continued his form in the tourney, smacking 56 runs from 31 balls. Salt and Virat Kohli added 95 runs for the opening wicket in a chase of 175.
Knock
An aggressive knock on offer
The first ball Salt and RCB faced in the run-chase was hit for a four and this helped him. He didn't look back and KKR, who bowled poor deliveries, saw the batter oblige. A brilliant stand helped RCB as the two added a record 80 runs in the powerplay. Salt was finally dismissed by Varun Chakravarthy after a well-made fifty.
Runs
7th IPL fifty for Salt
Salt hammered his old side with a brilliant 56. He smacked nine fours and two sixes. In 22 IPL matches, Salt now owns 709 runs at an average of 35.45. This was his 7th fifty in the competition. Last season, Salt scored 435 runs from 12 matches at 39.54 for KKR. He slammed 4 fifties. Before that, he represented Delhi Capitals.
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44th fifty in T20s for Salt
As per ESPNcricinfo, Salt hammered his 44th T20 fifty. In 277 matches, he now owns 6,735 runs from 268 innings at 27.26. His strike rate reads 155-plus. He also owns three tons. He has 275 T20 sixes.