Philip Salt is an Indian cricketer playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2026 as a wk-batter.

What's Philip's most recent IPL 2026 performance?

Philip Salt scores at 157.3 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (75-ball sample, #21 of 44 qualifying batters).

How many CricketStudio insights are published about Philip?

9 atomic, citable claims across 6 matches we've covered ball-by-ball.

Philip Salt

Royal Challengers Bengaluru · Wicket-keeper batter

9 insights published

Wikipedia · ESPNcricinfo

Aggregated across IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Cohort = batters with ≥30 legal deliveries faced in overs 1-6.

Metric	Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026
Value	157.3 SR
Period	IPL 2026 to date
Computed	2026-05-21T17:35:45.640Z

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	100	50	HS
IPL 2026	6	6	202	—	168.3	0	2	78*
IPL career	40	40	1258	40.6	175.9	0	12	89
T20IsPhase C — non-IPL formats not yet covered	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ODIsPhase C — non-IPL formats not yet covered	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
TestsPhase C — non-IPL formats not yet covered	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

IPL career before 2026

Philip Salt scored 1,056 runs in 34 pre-2026 IPL matches (2023–2025), strike rate 177.5.

Batting by season

Season	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	SR	Avg	4s	6s
2023	DC	9	218	87	163.9	27.25	24	10
2024	KKR	12	435	89	185.1	39.55	50	24
2025	RCB	13	403	65	177.5	33.58	48	22
Career	DC, KKR, RCB	34	1056	89	177.5	34.06	122	56

Claims by pillar

P3Form & phase

Philip Salt appeared in 6 IPL 2026 matches (6-fixture sample) for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, most recently on 2026-04-18.6 matches · IPL 2026 to date
Philip Salt's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 250 (+55 vs venue par) when he made 46 vs CSK on 2026-04-05.+55 vs par · IPL 2026 to date

P4Season comparatives

Philip Salt ranks #16 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (6 matches).#16 of 21 · IPL 2026 to date

P2Moments

Philip Salt won Player of the Match in IPL 2026 — most recently vs MI on 2026-04-12.1 POTM · IPL 2026 to date
Philip Salt's best IPL 2026 opening partnership: 116 with Virat Kohli in 65 balls vs MI on 2026-04-12.116 runs · IPL 2026 to date
Philip Salt's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 55 for the 2nd wicket with Devdutt Padikkal vs CSK on 2026-04-05.55 runs (2nd-wkt) · IPL 2026 to date

P1Match recaps

Philip Salt took the field for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL 2026 fixture vs DC on 2026-04-18 (fixture 69620).RCB vs DC · 2026-04-18 (fixture 69620)
Philip Salt first appeared in IPL 2026 on 2026-03-28 vs SRH (fixture 69518).2026-03-28 · IPL 2026 to date

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Phase split

Per-phase batting + bowling (PP / Middle / Death).

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Death overs

Bowling and batting in overs 16-20 (≥15 ball floor).

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Powerplay

Batting and bowling in overs 1-6 (≥30 ball floor).

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Recent form

Last 5 fixtures with batting + bowling figures per match.

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By venue

Per-venue batting + bowling output across IPL 2026 fixtures.

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Vs spin / vs pace

Batting performance against pace bowling vs spin bowling.

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IPL 2026 season

Current-season aggregate batting + bowling stats.

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Partnerships

Per-partner batting dependency: balls faced + runs scored while paired with each named partner (≥30 deliveries floor).

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Franchise mobility

Multi-franchise career arc and team-by-team contribution split.

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Top head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.

As batter

vs bowler	Balls	Runs	SR	4s	6s
Auqib Nabi	12	26	216.7	3	1
Kuldeep Yadav	11	19	172.7	0	2
Khaleel Ahmed	9	12	133.3	1	0
Hardik Pandya	9	16	177.8	1	1
Mitchell Santner	9	25	277.8	1	3
Anshul Kamboj	7	18	257.1	2	1
Trent Boult	7	12	171.4	1	1
Nitish Kumar Reddy	6	8	133.3	2	0
Mukesh Kumar	6	4	66.7	0	0

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3 · Form & phase

Batted at a single position (#1) across all 6 IPL 2026 innings — a consistent slot. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Source: SETU canonical aggregate.

Position	Innings	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg	Outs
#1 · opener	6	202	120	168.3	33.67	6

Source: SETU canonical aggregate (lib/setu/season-stats.ts). Position derived from the order each batter first appears on-creeze in the innings ball stream.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3 · Form & phase

How Philip Salt was dismissed across 6 IPL 2026 wickets. Derived from each wicket-ball's score_id + catchstump_id + runout_by_id. Source: SETU canonical aggregate.

Mode	Count	% of dismissals
Caught	5	83%
Bowled	1	17%

"Caught" lumps stumpings — the upstream live-feed score type doesn't reliably separate the two (per §10.151co). Dropped catches are NOT counted — commentary-text-only in the upstream feed, doctrine §3.3. Cross-reference: season dismissal-mode leaderboards.

Frequently asked

Who is Philip Salt?: Philip Salt is an Indian cricketer playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2026 as a wk-batter.
What's Philip's most recent IPL 2026 performance?: Philip Salt scores at 157.3 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (75-ball sample, #21 of 44 qualifying batters).
How many CricketStudio insights are published about Philip?: 9 atomic, citable claims across 6 matches we've covered ball-by-ball.

About

Role	Wicket-keeper batter
Team	Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Nationality	Indian