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        <title>Phil Salt’s Blazing Fifty Sets IPL 2025 Opener on Fire</title>
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        <description>The IPL 2025 season kicked off in style with Phil Salt scoring a spectacular fifty for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) against his former franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Salt's aggressive 25-ball fifty blazed a trail out to one of the most eventful starts you can hope for in the high-tempo opener of the Eden Gardens. </description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Phil Salt’s Blazing Fifty Sets IPL 2025 Opener on Fire]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The IPL 2025 season kicked off in style with Phil Salt scoring a spectacular fifty for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) against his former franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Salt's aggressive 25-ball fifty blazed a trail out to one of the most eventful starts you can hope for in the high-tempo opener of the Eden Gardens. ]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.cricketwinner.com/media/2025/03/WhatsApp-Image 2025-03-22 at 22.20.26.webp" width="640" height="360" alt="Salt "/><p><span id="input-sentence~2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Salt">Salt's</a> Explosive Knock Chasing KKR’s 174/8, Salt opened alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virat_Kohli">Virat Kohli</a> and was off to the races immediately.He opened his innings with a boundary off Vaibhav Arora's bowl which began a spree of incredible powerful strokes complemented by superb shot selection. <br><br>The more potent bowlers, namely the spinners, were no match for Salt. Varun Chakaravarthy, slackened under the pressure from Salt, conceding multiple boundaries followed by a monstrous six.</span><span id="input-sentence~3"> KKR's Salt leashed fearfully blasted straight through their spin options, and RCB finished over the powerplay at 80/0.</span></p><p><span id="input-sentence~3"><span id="input-sentence~4">To conclude the powerplay, Salt stood at 49 runs with an astonishingly low 23 balls. He finished his innings with a flurry of runs, securing a 50 within roughly a blink of the eye. He quickly reached his fifty, marking one of the most dominant season openers in IPL history.</span> </span></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Phil Salt slams half-century in 25 balls. Royal Challengers Bengaluru 86/0 in 6.5 overs vs Kolkata Knight Riders (174/8) in IPL 2025 opener<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KKRvsRCB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KKRvsRCB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL2025?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPL2025</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RCBvsKKR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RCBvsKKR</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KKRvRCB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KKRvRCB</a><br><br>LIVE Scorecard: <a href="https://t.co/yOUIKX9I5e">https://t.co/yOUIKX9I5e</a><br><br>LIVE Updates: <a href="https://t.co/ws1DBsbPTl">https://t.co/ws1DBsbPTl</a> <a href="https://t.co/U4rfHSmggy">pic.twitter.com/U4rfHSmggy</a></p>— CricketNDTV (@CricketNDTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/CricketNDTV/status/1903485633802465743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2025</a></blockquote><p><strong>Also Read: </strong><a href="https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/krunal-pandya-taunts-with-outstanding-spell-against-kolkata-knight-riders/">Krunal Pandya Taunts with Outstanding Spell Against Kolkata Knight Riders</a></p><p><span id="input-sentence~3">Salt helped his previous team, KKR win the IPL 2024 title but after KKR's successful campaign he moved to RCB, for ₹11.5 crore.</span><span id="input-sentence~4"> As Salt returned to his former home, the Eden Gardens, he appeared to be a man that would spare anyone, quickly transforming myriads of his knowledge of the context into horrific damage. <br></span><span id="input-sentence~1"></span></p><p><span id="input-sentence~1">A Statement from RCB Salt's performance showed RCB's ambition for their first IPL title.</span><span id="input-sentence~2"> His explosive performance justified RCB's massive outlay, showing he could be the X-factor every successful team needs to contend. If this was merely the start, RCB fans have more than reason to hope that 2025 was going to finally be the year for them.</span></p>]]></content:encoded>
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