'Is that bodily even doable?' – Dinesh Karthik shocked at RCB recruit Phil Salt's stats forward of IPL 2025

With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season approaching, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have made a daring transfer to deal with their long-standing batting issues by securing England opener Phil Salt for a whopping INR 11.50 crore on the latest mega-auction. 

RCB’s choice to launch their former skipper Faf du Plessis, regardless of his success as an opener, raised issues amongst followers. Nonetheless, the franchise clarified that their transfer was pushed by a necessity for a extra aggressive international opener. Salt, along with his stellar T20 performances, was the right alternative. The 28-year-old has represented England in 38 T20Is, scoring three centuries at a strike fee of 165. His IPL 2024 stint with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) noticed him rating 435 runs in 12 matches at a mean of 39.54 and a strike fee of 182.00.

RCB’s batting coach, Dinesh Karthik, was vocal concerning the statistical insights that led to this acquisition. In a just lately launched video, the RCB batting coach identified Salt’s distinctive capability to dominate the powerplay. 

“Phil Salt, 28% of the instances will get 6-8 runs/over, and 30% of the instances will get 12-15/over. So, one in 4 overs, he’ll hit 16 plus. Are you severe? One in two overs, he goes 12 runs or plus. How is that bodily even doable?” Karthik was heard as saying within the video.

RCB made daring strikes in IPL 2025 mega-auction

Salt’s potential to offer RCB with explosive begins might be essential because the aspect will play their seven house video games at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, their house floor. His capability to assault spin and tempo alike makes him a tough weapon, particularly on Indian pitches.

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Salt is anticipated to open the innings alongside Virat Kohli, who’s more likely to take over the captaincy. The center order consists of names like Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, and Jitesh Sharma. Complementing this core are Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal, and Krunal Pandya, forming a powerful batting line-up able to hurting any opposition. The 2016 finalists acquired 19 gamers on the public sale and spent most of their purse quantity to pay money for these athletes. 

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