What are Philip Salt's IPL 2026 stats?

Philip Salt took the field for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL 2026 fixture vs DC on 2026-04-18 (fixture 69620). (Sample: 1 match. Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation, IPL 2026.)

Philip Salt

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

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Matches

202

Runs

168.3

Strike Rate

33.7

Average

Sixes

Fifties

POTM

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

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Powerplay (1–6)

157.3

SR · 75 balls · 118 R

118 runs11 4s5 6s

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Middle (7–15)

186.7

SR · 45 balls · 84 R

84 runs5 4s6 6s

Death (16–20)sub-floor

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SR · 0 balls · 0 R

0 runs0 4s0 6s

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.

Metric	IPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)
Value	+55 vs par
Period	IPL 2026 to date
Computed	2026-09-08T00:52:17.969Z

P3 — Form & phase

3 claims

IPL 2026 season presence

Philip Salt appeared in 6 IPL 2026 matches (6-fixture sample) for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, most recently on 2026-04-18.

6 matchesn=6 fixtures · IPL 2026 to date

Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026

Philip Salt scores at 157.3 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (75-ball sample, #23 of 45 qualifying batters).

157.3 SRn=75 legal deliveries faced in overs 1-6 · IPL 2026 to date

Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026

Philip Salt powerplay strike rate 157.3 in IPL 2026 (75 balls).

157.3n=75 PP balls faced · IPL 2026↗

P4 — Season comparatives

4 claims

Royal Challengers Bengaluru appearance rank, IPL 2026

Philip Salt ranks #18 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (6 matches).

#18 of 21n=21-player RCB cohort · IPL 2026 to date

Batting strike rate in IPL 2026

Philip Salt strike rate 168.3 in IPL 2026 (120 balls, 6 innings).

168.3n=120 balls faced · IPL 2026↗

Runs scored in IPL 2026

Philip Salt scored 202 runs in IPL 2026 (6 innings, avg 33.7).

202n=6 innings · IPL 2026↗

Sixes hit in IPL 2026

Philip Salt hit 11 sixes in IPL 2026 (6 innings).

11n=6 innings · IPL 2026↗

P2 — Moments

4 claims

IPL 2026 Player of the Match awards

Philip Salt won Player of the Match in IPL 2026 — most recently vs MI on 2026-04-12.

1 POTMn=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date

IPL 2026 best 1st-wicket partnership

Philip Salt's best IPL 2026 opening partnership: 116 with Virat Kohli in 65 balls vs MI on 2026-04-12.

116 runsn=1 partnership · 65 balls · IPL 2026 to date

IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership

Philip Salt's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 55 for the 2nd wicket with Devdutt Padikkal vs CSK on 2026-04-05.

55 runs (2nd-wkt)n=1 partnership · 37 balls · IPL 2026 to date

Half-centuries in IPL 2026

Philip Salt scored 2 half-centuries in IPL 2026.

2n=6 innings · IPL 2026↗

P1 — Match recaps

2 claims

IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance

Philip Salt took the field for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL 2026 fixture vs DC on 2026-04-18 (fixture 69620).

RCB vs DCn=1 match · 2026-04-18 (fixture 69620)

IPL 2026 first appearance

Philip Salt first appeared in IPL 2026 on 2026-03-28 vs SRH (fixture 69518).

2026-03-28n=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date

Career snapshot

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

Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	100	50	HS
IPL 2026	6	6	202	33.7	168.3	0	2	78*
IPL career	40	40	1258	40.6	175.9	0	12	89

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

Season	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	SR	Avg	4s	6s
2023	DC	9	218	87	163.9	27.25	24	10
2024	KKR	12	435	89	185.1	39.55	50	24
2025	RCB	13	403	65	177.5	33.58	48	22
Career	DC, KKR, RCB	34	1056	89	177.5	34.06	122	56

Recent form — last 6 innings

P3 · Form

Date	Match	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Dismissal	Result
2026-04-18	RCB vs DC	63	38	165.8	4	3	caught	L
2026-04-15	RCB vs LSG	7	8	87.5	1	0	bowled	W
2026-04-12	MI vs RCB	78	36	216.7	6	6	caught	W
2026-04-10	RR vs RCB	0	1	0.0	0	0	caught	L
2026-04-05	RCB vs CSK	46	30	153.3	3	2	caught	W
2026-03-28	RCB vs SRH	8	7	114.3	2	0	caught	W

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored

Match	Runs	Balls	SR	Date
vs MI · Wankhede Stadium	78	36	216.7	2026-04-12
vs DC · M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	63	38	165.8	2026-04-18
vs CSK · M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	46	30	153.3	2026-04-05
vs SRH · M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	8	7	114.3	2026-03-28
vs LSG · M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	7	8	87.5	2026-04-15

Batting positions · IPL 2026

Batted at position #1 consistently.

Pos	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg
#1 opener	6	202	120	168.3	33.67

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

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

How Philip Salt was dismissed across 6 wickets.

83%

Caught

17%

Bowled

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

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team

vs Team	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg	4s	6s	HS
MI	1	78	36	216.7	78.0	6	6	78
DC	1	63	38	165.8	63.0	4	3	63
CSK	1	46	30	153.3	46.0	3	2	46
SRH	1	8	7	114.3	8.0	2	0	8
LSG	1	7	8	87.5	7.0	1	0	7
RR	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →

Venue	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg	4s	6s	HS
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	4	124	83	149.4	31.0	10	5	63
Wankhede Stadium	1	78	36	216.7	78.0	6	6	78
Barsapara Cricket Stadium	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.

As batter

vs bowler	Balls	Runs	SR	4s	6s
Auqib Nabi	12	26	216.7	3	1
Kuldeep Yadav	11	19	172.7	0	2
Khaleel Ahmed	9	12	133.3	1	0
Hardik Pandya	9	16	177.8	1	1
Mitchell Santner	9	25	277.8	1	3
Anshul Kamboj	7	18	257.1	2	1
Trent Boult	7	12	171.4	1	1
Nitish Kumar Reddy	6	8	133.3	2	0
Mukesh Kumar	6	4	66.7	0	0

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

Leaderboards and research reports where this player appears.

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 balls Arshdeep Singh · 28 balls Mohammed Siraj · 28 balls Mayank Markande · 26 balls Trent Boult · 26 balls Auqib Nabi · 24 balls Kuldeep Yadav · 24 balls Harpreet Brar · 21 balls

Venues played at

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium · 4 matches Barsapara Cricket Stadium · 1 match Wankhede Stadium · 1 match

From the CricketStudio knowledge graph.

Frequently asked

Who is Philip Salt?▾

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.

Which IPL 2026 team does Philip play for?▾

Philip Salt plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2026.

How many IPL 2026 matches has Philip appeared in?▾

Philip Salt appeared in 6 IPL 2026 matches (6-fixture sample) for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, most recently on 2026-04-18.

What was Philip's most recent IPL 2026 performance?▾

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.

How many runs has Philip scored in IPL 2026?▾

Philip Salt scored 202 runs in IPL 2026 (6 innings, avg 33.7).

What is Philip's powerplay strike rate in IPL 2026?▾

Philip Salt scores at 157.3 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (75-ball sample, #23 of 45 qualifying batters).

What is Philip's standout performance in IPL 2026?▾

Philip Salt won Player of the Match in IPL 2026 — most recently vs MI on 2026-04-12.

How regular is Philip in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru lineup?▾

Philip Salt ranks #18 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (6 matches).

Where is Philip from?▾

Philip Salt is Indian, born in Bodelwyddan.

Where can I find Philip's full IPL 2026 stats?▾

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.

When was Philip born?▾

Philip Salt was born on 28 August 1996.

Is Philip a right-hand or left-hand batter?▾

Philip Salt bats right-handed.

Identity & cross-references

CricketStudio resolves Philip Salt to one canonical entity ID, mapped to every major cricket database. This is how AI systems and developers cite the same player across sources without ambiguity.

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Canonical ID · cs_player_669365

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