IPL playerEngland2023 to 2026
Phil Salt
On scorecards: PD Salt · Right-hand bat
Phil Salt, a batter, has played four IPL seasons for three franchises. Three titles came along the way.
The arrival
Phil Salt arrived through the auction: Delhi Capitals paid ₹2 cr, the base price.
That first season brought 9 matches and 218 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2024, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 435 runs at an average of 39.5, striking at 182.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 150.6, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 89 not out. Kolkata Knight Riders won the title that year. There were two seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2024 and 2025).
Franchise by franchise
2023, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2023 auction for ₹2 cr. 9 matches and 218 runs.
2024, Kolkata Knight Riders. Arrived outside the auction. 12 matches and 435 runs; champions in 2024.
2025 to 2026, Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹11.50 cr. 19 matches and 605 runs; champions in 2025 and 2026.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 2025 to 2026.
How the runs came
Across the career, Phil Salt has struck at 174.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 150.7, so Phil Salt has scored about 24 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 76% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 138 fours and 67 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 35.2% of the balls Phil Salt faced were dot balls, a lower share than 57% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 10.8 balls, the 15th-best rate in that group, and a four every 5.2.
The fielding record: 32 catches and 6 run-outs.
At the auction
Phil Salt has gone under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹11.50 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2025, more than 5 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹2 cr in 2023, ₹11.50 cr by 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Phil Salt has made 40 IPL appearances, the latest for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2026, and has won 4 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Delhi Capitals | 9 | 218 | 87 | 27.3 | 163.9 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 | 435 | 89* | 39.5 | 182.0 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | Champions |
| 2025 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 13 | 403 | 65 | 33.6 | 176.0 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | Champions |
| 2026 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 6 | 202 | 78 | 33.7 | 168.3 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | Champions |
Franchise journey
- Delhi Capitals: 2023
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2024
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 35.2% |
| Balls per four | 5.2 |
| Balls per six | 10.8 |
| Catches | 32 |
| Run-outs | 6 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet