Phil Salt has returned to India to play IPL 2026, which is great news for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Salt returned home after injuring his finger on the request of the England Cricket Board. In his absence, RCB made Jacob Bethel open with Virat Kohli, but Bethel could not leave much of an impact. Today Bengaluru’s match is with Mumbai Indians in Raipur.

The video of Phil Salt arriving at the airport is becoming increasingly viral on social media. Salt played the first 6 matches for RCB in IPL 2026, in which he scored a total of 202 runs. This season, when Bengaluru and Mumbai faced each other for the first time (RCB vs MI), Salt played a brilliant inning of 78 runs. He scored 63 runs in the last match against Delhi Capitals.

Phil Salt is back in India and will play in next match for sure pic.twitter.com/7jUeS1Ff3e

— Aman (@cric_cine_med) May 10, 2026

How did Phil Salt get injured?

On April 18, Phil Salt got injured while fielding in the match against Delhi Capitals. He dived to stop a ball at the boundary, during which he got injured on the finger of his left hand. The England Cricket Board directed Salt to return immediately, after which he went to England. It was here that he was scanned and the severity of his injury was examined. Now that he has returned, it can be understood that his injury was not serious.

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Will Salt play in RCB vs MI match?

Of course Phil Salt has returned to India, but it is difficult for him to play against Mumbai Indians today. Today once again confidence can be expressed in Jacob Bethel, who has not been seen in form yet this season. Bethel was played in place of Salt, he opened with Virat Kohli but could not play any big innings. Bethel has scored a total of 43 runs in 4 innings.

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From the playoff point of view, today’s match is do or die for Mumbai Indians, because if RCB wins today then MI will officially be out of the playoff race. If Bengaluru wins today then it will reach the top of the points table. Bengaluru has won 6 out of 10 matches, they have 12 points and net run rate of +1.234.