Phil salt news, rcb playing 11: Today the final of IPL 2025 is to be played. There will be a title clash between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Both teams will go to win their first IPL title. Earlier, RCB has suffered a strong shock. According to the reports, RCB’s explosive opener batsman Phil Salat has returned to his country. In such a situation, he will not be able to play today’s title match.
According to media reports, Phil Salat has become a father. His wife has given birth to the first child. For this reason, he has returned to England. However, so far no official information has been revealed by RCB about this. Actually, Salt did not appear in the practice of RCB on Monday. After this, news came that he went to England for the birth of the first child.
If Phil does not play Salt, this player can replace him
For your information, let us know that if Phil Salat does not play the final match, then you can play Tim CIFT of New Zealand. CIFT and Salt are almost the same style batsmen. Both are openers and specialize in scoring fast runs. Because of this, RCB will not miss the salt.
The official announcement did not happen
By the way, RCB has not given this information yet. In such a situation, it is difficult to guess how much truth is there in these reports. It is confirmed that Phil Salat did not come on the field on Monday to practice for the final, but he will not play the title match, no official information has been revealed about it.
RCB’s possible playing XI in the final- Virat Kohli, Phil Salat/Tim CFT, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal and Josh Hazlewood
Impact Player- Suyash Sharma