IPL 2025: Virat Kohli left fuming despite Salt's brilliant save on boundary

Phil Salt dropped Yashasvi Jaiswal on the last ball of the 13th over off Krunal Pandya's bowling

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) is taking on Rajasthan Royals in match number 28 of IPL 2025 at Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Stadium. RCB won the toss and opted to field first, but their decision backfired as Yashasvi Jaiswal kept them on the sidelines with his brilliant half-century. RCB’s bowling and fielding looked sloppy today as they dropped two catches in the match. While Yash Dayal dropping Parag was a blunder, the second catch of the day was when Phil Salt dropped Jaiswal on the last ball of the 13th over at deep mid-wicket. Salt jumped in the air while running, and when he felt he would cross the line, he dropped the ball inside, saving five runs for his team.

 

 

While everyone on the internet and the commentators were left in awe of Salt’s brilliant effort, RCB’s former skipper Virat Kohli was left fuming and was visibly frustrated with Salt’s decision to leave the ball instead of holding on to it.  Virat dropped sitter later on  18 balls later after Salt dropped Jaiswal, Kohli himslef dropped a sitter of Dhruv Jurel off Suyash Sharma, which proved RCB's struggle in the field today.  RR vs RCB first innings summary: 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) elected to bowl first after winning the toss against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in match 28 of IPL 2025 at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur. Rajasthan got off to a steady start, putting up 49 runs for the opening wicket. However, Krunal Pandya broke the partnership by dismissing Sanju Samson for 15, stumped shortly after the powerplay.

 

Riyan Parag chipped in with a useful 30 runs, sharing a 56-run stand with Yashasvi Jaiswal for the second wicket before falling to Yash Dayal. Jaiswal continued to anchor the innings, notching up his second fifty of the season with a composed 75-run knock, before being trapped leg-before by Josh Hazlewood.

 

In the final stretch, Dhruv Jurel remained unbeaten on 35 while Shimron Hetmyer contributed 9 runs, guiding RR to a competitive total of 173 for 3 at the end of their 20 overs.