3 fours, one six… Phil Salt destroyed the eight crore bowler
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Philip Salt vs Auqib Nabi: In the match against Delhi Capitals, RCB’s opener Phil Salt batted brilliantly and scored his second half-century in IPL 2026. Salt gave a good start to the team. During his innings of 63 runs, he hit a lot of fours and sixes on the balls of Aaqib Nabi. Salt batted at a strike rate above 160.
Phil Salt hit fours and sixes on Aaqib Nabi’s balls.
New Delhi. In the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals, Phil Salt showed excellent batting and scored a half-century. This RCB opener batsman scored his second half century in IPL 2026. Blasting the Delhi bowlers, Salt played an aggressive inning of 63 runs in 38 balls and gave a tremendous start to the team. During this innings, he scored a lot of boundaries on the balls of Aaqib Nabi. Salt’s innings included four fours and three sixes, out of which three fours and one six were hit on Nabi’s balls.
bat of salt
Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel won the toss in the match and invited RCB to bat first on their home ground. Phil Salt, who came to open, along with Virat Kohli added 52 runs for the first wicket. Kohli walked out after scoring 19 runs, but Salt scored a brilliant half-century. Salt took 30 balls to reach his half-century. However, after taking the team beyond 100 runs, he was also out. Salt batted at a strike rate of 165.
Phil Salt hit fours and sixes on Aaqib Nabi’s balls.
Runs stolen on Aaqib Nabi’s balls
Salt hit a four on the second ball of Aaqib Nabi, who came with the first over of the innings, which was the very first ball of his innings. There was peace in Aaqib Nabi’s second over and only 6 runs were scored, but Salt made a big difference in his third over. Salt started this fourth over of the innings with a four. After this he hit a six on the fourth ball. After taking two runs on the next ball, he ended the over with a four.
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