His moment of brilliance was appreciated by the bowler.
Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) wicketkeeper MS Dhoni produced a brilliant stumping to remove Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) opener Phil Salt during their 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) game at Chepauk on Friday.
It was a googly from spinner Noor Ahmad that angled away, and on this occasion, Phil Salt stayed on the leg side and looked to play the drive.
However, Salt was beaten on the outside edge as he lifted his back foot briefly before placing his foot back on the crease. Dhoni, though, had already done the damage by then. Dhoni was quick with his stumping to leave the England cricketer in shock. Salt and Virat Kohli forged a 45-run stand for the first wicket.
Noor later heaped plaudits on the former CSK skipper at the mid-innings break, saying, “I feel lucky to have Dhoni behind the stumps.”
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Devdutt Padikkal walked in to bat at No.3 and began on a confident note. He struck a six off Sam Curran in his first over and followed it up with three more boundaries in the next over. Ravichandran Ashwin struck in the eighth over of RCB’s innings with the dismissal of Padikkal, who was caught by Ruturaj Gaikwad at extra-cover.
Captain Rajat Patidar came in at number four. At the time of writing this report, Royal Challengers Bengaluru were 93/2 in 10.1 overs. Virat Kohli was unbeaten on 16, whereas Patidar was not out on 11.
Phil Salt was acquired by RCB for INR 11.50 crore at the IPL 2025 auction. He was coming into the match on the back of an excellent opener against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). He scored a match-winning 56 runs off 31 balls against the defending champions. In the process, he also forged a 95-run stand with Virat Kohli. The chase master remained unbeaten on 59 as he and Liam Livingstone (15*) ensured that RCB won the match with seven wickets to spare. They chased down a target of 175 in 16.2 overs.
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