Philip Salt

Philip Salt

Royal Challengers Bengaluru · right arm offbreak · right-hand bat · Wicket-keeper batter

IndianWicket-keeper batterIPL 2026cricketplayerIPLwicket-keeperRHB✓ ClaimReview
6
Matches
202
Runs
168.3
Strike Rate
33.7
Average
11
Sixes
2
Fifties
78
HS
1
POTM

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

≥30 balls batting · ≥15 balls bowling✓ ClaimReview per phaseFull breakdown →
Powerplay (1–6)
157.3
SR · 75 balls · 118 R
118 runs11 4s5 6s
Middle (7–15)
186.7
SR · 45 balls · 84 R
84 runs5 4s6 6s
Death (16–20)sub-floor
SR · 0 balls · 0 R
0 runs0 4s0 6s

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.

Per Himanish Ganjoo's Impact framing: team-total minus venue's 1st-innings par across ≥3 captured fixtures. Attribution rule: a batter is credited for an innings only when they scored ≥30 runs. Methodology: /methodology/player-event-claims#impact.

MetricIPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)
Value+55 vs par
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

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P3Form & phase

3 claims
Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026
Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026
157.3n=75 PP balls faced · IPL 2026

P4Season comparatives

4 claims
Royal Challengers Bengaluru appearance rank, IPL 2026
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
168.3n=120 balls faced · IPL 2026
Runs scored in IPL 2026
202n=6 innings · IPL 2026
Sixes hit in IPL 2026
11n=6 innings · IPL 2026

P2Moments

4 claims
IPL 2026 Player of the Match awards
IPL 2026 best 1st-wicket partnership
IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership
Half-centuries in IPL 2026
2n=6 innings · IPL 2026

P1Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
IPL 2026 first appearance

Career snapshot

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

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 20266620233.7168.30278*
IPL career4040125840.6175.901289
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-07-30 07:33:31 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-07-30 07:33:31 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

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

SeasonTeamMatRunsHSSRAvg4s6s
2023DC921887163.927.252410
2024KKR1243589185.139.555024
2025RCB1340365177.533.584822
CareerDC, KKR, RCB34105689177.534.0612256
Window: IPL 20232025 (pre-2026), 34 matches. Sample-size floor: strike rate shown at ≥30 balls faced, economy at ≥15 balls bowled per season (§3.1); sub-floor cells show .
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet ball-by-ball (CC BY 3.0). Canonical↔historical player join via ESPNcricinfo ID (deterministic, no name-matching). See career leaderboards.

Recent form — last 6 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-04-18RCB vs DC6338165.843caughtL
2026-04-15RCB vs LSG7887.510bowledW
2026-04-12MI vs RCB7836216.766caughtW
2026-04-10RR vs RCB010.000caughtL
2026-04-05RCB vs CSK4630153.332caughtW
2026-03-28RCB vs SRH87114.320caughtW

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored
MatchRunsBallsSRDate
vs MI · Wankhede Stadium7836216.72026-04-12
vs DC · M.Chinnaswamy Stadium6338165.82026-04-18
vs CSK · M.Chinnaswamy Stadium4630153.32026-04-05
vs SRH · M.Chinnaswamy Stadium87114.32026-03-28
vs LSG · M.Chinnaswamy Stadium7887.52026-04-15

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3
PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#1 opener6202120168.333.67

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3
5
83%
Caught
1
17%
Bowled

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
MI17836216.778.06678
DC16338165.863.04363
CSK14630153.346.03246
SRH187114.38.0208
LSG17887.57.0107
RR1010.00.0000

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →
VenueInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium412483149.431.010563
Wankhede Stadium17836216.778.06678
Barsapara Cricket Stadium1010.00.0000

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

As batter

vs bowlerBallsRunsSR4s6sOut
Auqib Nabi1226216.7310
Kuldeep Yadav1119172.7020
Khaleel Ahmed912133.3100
Hardik Pandya916177.8110
Mitchell Santner925277.8130
Anshul Kamboj718257.1210
Trent Boult712171.4110
Nitish Kumar Reddy68133.3200
Mukesh Kumar6466.7000

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

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor
vs Pace
151.2
SR of 151.2 vs pace bowling — 82 balls faced
82 balls·4 6s
vs Spin
231.3
SR of 231.3 vs spin bowling — 32 balls faced
32 balls·7 6s

Full breakdown at /players/philip-salt/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

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

Research mentioning Philip

IPL 2026
Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
Khaleel Ahmed · 49 ballsArshdeep Singh · 28 ballsMohammed Siraj · 28 ballsMayank Markande · 26 ballsTrent Boult · 26 ballsAuqib Nabi · 24 ballsKuldeep Yadav · 24 ballsHarpreet Brar · 21 balls
Venues played at
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium · 4 matchesBarsapara Cricket Stadium · 1 matchWankhede Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Philip Salt is an Indian cricketer playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2026 as a wk-batter (right arm offbreak), right-handed batter born in Bodelwyddan.
Philip Salt plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2026.
Philip Salt appeared in 6 IPL 2026 matches (6-fixture sample) for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, most recently on 2026-04-18.
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.
Philip Salt scored 202 runs in IPL 2026 (6 innings, avg 33.7).
Philip Salt scores at 157.3 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (75-ball sample, #23 of 45 qualifying batters).
Philip Salt won Player of the Match in IPL 2026 — most recently vs MI on 2026-04-12.
Philip Salt ranks #18 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (6 matches).
Philip Salt is Indian, born in Bodelwyddan.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Philip Salt are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/philip-salt — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Philip Salt was born on 28 August 1996.
Philip Salt bats right-handed.

Identity & cross-references