Phil Salt is currently the fourth-highest run-getter of RCB in the IPL 2026.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be taking on the Delhi Capitals tonight for the IPL 2026 reverse fixture. But the reigning champions will continue to miss the star overseas player, Phil Salt, in their playing XI for the DC vs RCB clash.
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (C), Sahil Parakh, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T. Natarajan, and Kyle Jamieson.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (C), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, and Rasikh Salam Dar.
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Previously, RCB skipper Rajat Patidar revealed at their last game’s toss that the opener had sustained an injury and was set to miss out on participating in their home clash against the Gujarat Titans (GT). Salt was replaced by another star England batter, Jacob Bethell, in the RCB line-up.
Ahead of the DC vs RCB fixture, Bengaluru’s batting coach and mentor Dinesh Karthik shared a Phil Salt injury update last evening. He stated that the 29-year-old is yet to recover and will also miss out on featuring in tonight’s fixture. However, any further details regarding the batter’s injury are yet to be known.
Salt’s omission would be a setback for the title-holders as the batter was carrying on a fiery run of form. He had put up 202 runs in six matches of the IPL 2026 so far, including two fifty-plus knocks. Besides his contributions at the top of the order, the player also caught multiple eyeballs with a few tremendous efforts on the field.
But RCB will bank on the English youngster to replicate his heroics from the previous edition. Currently, the youngster is not listed in the RCB starting XI for their match against the Capitals. But like the previous fixture, he will come in as an impact player in the second innings of the match.
In the IPL 2025, Bethell had played two matches for the franchise in the absence of Salt and enjoyed an impressive debut season in the mega T20 league. He had scored 67 runs at a blistering strike rate of 171.79 while opening the innings with the former RCB captain, Virat Kohli.
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