Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) opener Phil Salt made history against Punjab Kings (PBKs) by scoring a half-century in just 23 balls against the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 qualifier-1 match played on May 29 in Mullanpur. This is the fastest half -century made by RCB in the IPL playoffs.
Getting this record, Salt also left behind the veterans who played for RCB for a long time, such as Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle.
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s fastest fifty player for Bangalore
23 Ball – Phil Soult vs PBKS, Mullanpur, 2025
25 Ball – Chris Gayle vs SRH, Hyderabad, 2016
27 Ball – Chris Gayle vs MI, Chennai, 2011
28 Ball – Silver Patidar vs LSG, Kolkata, 2022
This season Soult has so far scored 387 runs in 12 innings at an average of 35.18 and a strike rate of 175.9, including 4 fifties. In the previous edition, he scored 435 runs playing for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), in which KKR also won the title.
In the match against Punjab, Salt scored an unbeaten 56 in 27 balls and RCB achieved the target of 102 runs with just 60 balls, which became the fastest run-chase in IPL playoff history. With this victory, Bengaluru has made it to the final of the IPL for the fourth time.
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