If I get going I don’t take my foot off pedal: Phil Salt

Delhi Capitals (DC) wicket-keeper batter Phil Salt, who played a match-winning knock against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), opened up on his strength of pulling big shots and stated that the wicket was slow and the management said about playing off the back foot. DC registered their fourth win of the season to stay afloat as they beat RCB in IPL 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Phil Salt’s blistering innings of 87 (45) coupled with quick-fire knocks from Mitchell Marsh (26 off 17) and Rilee Rossouw (35* off 22) powered the home side to a seven-wicket win after Virat Kohli (55 off 46) and Mahipal Lomror’s (54* off 29) fifties had lifted the away side to a competitive 181/4. Salt claimed that DC was perfectly prepared to face RCB and was only concerned with remaining positive. “We spoke about being positive and taking them on. We saw how good they were in Bangalore when they had their tails up. Something that’s a real strength of mine is that if I really get going I don’t take my foot off the pedal too often,” Salt said in a post-match presentation. Salt noted that he expected the wicket to slow down in the middle overs and that DC hitters would have to bat hard to reach the “par total.” “We knew the wicket is a little slow and low and we knew that realistically we would slow down in the middle. I thought it was par. I thought we would have to bat really well to get there but the boys came out swinging and we got it done,” Salt added.