Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders did not start well in IPL 2025. On March 22, he suffered a crushing defeat in the opener match at Eden Gardens. The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore trampled him badly. In this defeat of KKR, two of his players played an important role, which he removed after becoming champions in the previous season. Both these players are playing from the Bangalore team this time and due to their strong performance, Kolkata had to start the season with defeat. Let's know who are those two players?
The Kolkata Knight Riders team released the team's opener Phil Salt in the last season before the IPL 2025 mega auction. He did not bought the salt back even during the auction, while he played many good innings while opening for the team in IPL 2024. He had to bear the brunt of this decision in the first match of this season.
After this, Royal Challengers Bangalore had included him in his team by paying a price of 11.50 crores. Chase 175 runs in the first match against Kolkata, Salt played a blistering innings. He hit 56 runs in just 31 balls at a strike rate of 180. He had scored 80 runs in the first 6 overs with Virat Kohli. Apart from this, for the first wicket, he shared a 95 -run partnership in just 8.3 overs. Due to his innings, this match completely got out of Kolkata's hands and Bangalore achieved the target with 22 balls comfortably.
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