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Phil Salt jokes with Dinesh Karthik over his brilliant Ishan Kishan catch as Royal Challengers Bengaluru chase 202 with Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal heroics.
Phil Salt takes flying catch with one hand to stop Ishan Kishan from scoring 100 on IPL captaincy debut. (Picture Credit: Screengrab, AP)
Star England and Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Phil Salt expressed his disappointment after mentor Dinesh Karthik didn’t upload a picture of his stunning catch to dismiss Ishan Kishan on his post-match celebratory social media post, calling it a ‘shame’.
Ishan was cruising on 80 off just 38 deliveries and looked all set for a hundred when he tried to guide a full toss towards the boundary. The shot seemed headed for the ropes, but Salt had other plans.
Running hard to his right from point, Salt stretched full length to pluck a brilliant one-handed catch, completing a dismissal that could well be among the catches of the season.
“Perfect start,” Karthik captioned his post, with pictures of Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli batting together, Jacob Duffy and Rajat Patidar, with no mention of Salt’s catch.
“Nothing for the catch mastermind? Shame,” Salt commented.
Pertaining to Salt and Tim David’s comments, one would assume Karthik is called ‘mastermind’ in the RCB dressing room.
Chasing 202, Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost Salt early, but Kohli and Padikkal lit up the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium with a brilliant batting display.
Their batting styles were a study in contrast; Padikkal dazzled with wristy flair, nimble footwork and thunderous cuts, while Kohli showed his trademark drives, elegant strokes down the ‘V’ and the signature swat flick.
Padikkal oozed left-hander’s class even while attacking, smashing 6, 4, 6 off David Payne and later taking on Harsh Dubey with a 4 and 6 off successive balls.
The Karnataka batter fetched his half-century off just 21 deliveries with a boundary off Harshal Patel.
Kohli unleashed his trademark swat, minimal footwork and a short-arm jab against Jaydev Unadkat and Eshan Malinga as runs flowed. Royal Challengers Bengaluru raced to 50 in the fourth over, piled on 76 in the Powerplay and brought up 100 in under nine overs.
March 29, 2026, 09:34 IST
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