Srinagar: England and Delhi Capitals opener Phil Salt has opened up on his heated spat with India and RCB pacer Mohammad Siraj during IPL 2023 clash on Saturday.
Indian pacer Siraj and England star Salt were involved in a heated exchange during DC’s innings at the Arun Jaitely Stadium. Siraj hurled a mouthful at Salt prior to the end of the opening powerplay.
The RCB pacer also had a heated argument with DC opener David Warner, who tried to pacify the animated Bangalore pacer.
“I am very satisfied with the knock. Obviously, there was a little bit of a needle. Their boys were up for the last game when we were in Bangalore. So a lot of the pre-match chat was about really taking it to them, which I felt that we did really well. There were a few words and a bit of needle, but most blokes were up for it, certainly myself,” Salt told reporters during the post-match press conference.
Salt smashed eight fours and six sixes in his entertaining knock of 87 off 45 balls. The 26-year-old top-scored for Warner’s DC side as the hosts registered a memorable 7-wicket win over RCB at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Salt was also named the Player of the Match for his batting heroics against Bangalore in the IPL 2023.
“It was. I feel like if you take on a side’s best bowler a lot of the times and you win that particular battle, whether it’s the first over or any over that he bowls, the message that it sends back into the dugout is one of calm.“When that happens and you do it successfully, you see guys come out the way Mitch [Mitchell Marsh] did. Hit his second ball for six. You see Rilee [Rossouw] come out and bat like he’d already faced 30 balls. A sort of a method behind it,” Salt added.