In the 28th match of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets with 15 balls remaining unilaterally. In this match, Phil Sold and Virat Kohli played a half -century innings from RCB. For the first wicket, both batsmen laid the foundation of the team’s victory by completing a 92 -run partnership in 8.4 overs. In this match, RCB wicketkeeper batsman Phil Sold achieved a special place. Along with giving a fast start to the team in power play, he also took a new record and left many veteran batsmen behind.
Most runs scored in power play
In IPL 2025, Royal Challengers opener Phil Salt has given the team a fast start in many matches. On this basis, he has reached the top in terms of scoring the most runs in power-play this season. He has scored an average of 45.50 in 6 innings of 6 matches and 182 runs at a strike rate of 193.61. This includes 23 fours and 11 sixes. In this case, he has surpassed Nicholas Puran, Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill. Apart from this, Salt has scored 208 runs in 6 innings of 6 matches of this season at an average of 34.66. He scored the second half -century of the season against Rajasthan Royals. He scored a century against Kolkata in the first match of the season.
Salt scored 30 runs in Stark’s over
In the match played against Delhi Capitals on April 10, RCB’s wicketkeeper batsman Phil Soult beat the balls of fast bowler Mitchell Starc fiercely. He scored 30 runs in Stark’s over. When Salt hit a six over the midoff off the first ball of the third over of the match, there was an indication that something big was going to happen in this over and three fours came out of the Salt’s bat on the next three balls. Then where was the Salt going to stop and he scored a total of 30 runs in Stark’s over and hit a total of 30 runs. This innings could have been bigger, but on the score of 37 runs, he was unfortunately runout.