In the mega auction of the Indian Premier League 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore have included England’s brilliant wicketkeeper-batsman Phil Salt in their team for Rs 11.50 crore. Phil Salt’s performance has always been very good in the T20 format and he has won the hearts of many fans with his explosive batting.

Recently Phil Salt has given a big statement regarding Virat Kohli. Salt revealed that he respects Virat Kohli a lot and the English player is very excited to open the team for RCB with the Indian player.

Phil Salt told ESPNcricinfo, ‘I have a lot of respect for Virat. I have talked to him very little and we have spent a lot of time together. I have played with him before and am looking forward to playing with him again.

RCB’s plan is very clear that you come on the field and play aggressive cricket. The batting lineup of the team looks quite strong as they have many world class players. This is one of the few teams that I have always seen playing great cricket on TV. I am fully prepared for the upcoming challenge.

Phil Salt’s performance in IPL has been quite good

Let us tell you that English player Phil Salt has so far scored 653 runs in 21 IPL matches at an average of 34.37 and strike rate of 175.54. He has scored six half-centuries in the IPL so far and his highest individual score in this tournament is 89 runs.

The best players will definitely want to leave their mark in the Indian Premier League 2025. Talking about RCB, the team is looking very strong in the upcoming season and they would definitely like to win the trophy for the 2025 season.