RCB vs GT: IPL 2025, Phil Salt: Right-handed star opener Phil Salt is proving to be a hero for RCB this season. Salt, who stunned the opposing teams in the first match, can also rain runs with the bat against Gujarat today.
IPL 2025, Phil Salt: These days IPL 2025 is in full swing in India. So far 13 matches have been played. On March 2, i.e. today, in the 18th season, the teams of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans will face each other. RCB will play this match at their home ground. A total of 5 matches have been played between these two teams in IPL history, out of which 3 were won by Bangalore while 2 were won by Gujarat. In Bangalore, these two teams will face each other for the third time, before this there were two matches, out of which both won 1-1. Phil Salt, who is playing for RCB for the first time in today’s match, can do wonders.
Phil Salt can rain runs
Phil Salt can rain runs in this match. In the very first match of this season, he played a stormy innings of 56 runs in 31 balls against KKR. In that innings, 9 fours and 2 sixes came out of Salt’s bat. After this, when the Chennai Super Kings team came in front, Salt scored 32 runs in 16 balls. It is clear from this that Salt bats fearlessly against any team.
What is Phil Salt’s strength?
This right-handed opener scores runs quickly. Fearless batting is his biggest strength. Phil Salt scores runs quickly in the first 6 overs. Whether it is a spinner or a fast bowler, Phil Salt is not afraid of playing a big shot. In the first 2 matches of this season, he has presented a spectacle of aggressive batting.
Why can Phil Salt be dangerous in Bangalore?
This match between ACB and GT is to be held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, where the pitch proves to be helpful for the batsmen. In IPL, scores of more than 200 are easily made and chased on this ground. Salt will like this pitch a lot because he comes from England and has a good experience of playing on bouncy pitches. So far 95 IPL matches have been played on this ground. Out of these, the team batting first won 41 matches, while the chasing team won 50 matches. 4 matches did not result in any result.
Probable playing 11 of both teams
Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma
Gujarat Titans- Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Sai Sudarshan, Shahrukh Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, R Sai Kishore, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma
