Phil Salt grabs one of the greatest catches in IPL history to dismiss Ishan Kishan

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) opening batsman Phil Salt seems to be on a mission to grab stunning catches in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 opening match.

The defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are hosting the Ishan Kishan-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 opener at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

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Phil Salt grabs stunning catches vs SRH in IPL 2026

Salt started his catching masterclass by taking a good catch to send back the explosive opening batsman, Travis Head off Jacob Duffy on the last ball of the 3rd over.

He then grabbed a blinder off Romario Shepherd near the boundary rope to dismiss the explosive wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen for 31 on the first ball of the 14th over.

After that, Phil Salt took the things to the next level as he grabbed an absolutely unbelievable catch to send Ishan Kishan back to the hut.

On the sixth ball of the 16th over, Abhinandan Singh bowled a full toss to Ishan Kishan outside off-stump. The SRH skipper sliced the ball in the air, and it went wide of Phil Salt.

The Englishman charged to his right before reaching out one-handed at full stretch and managed to complete a stunning catch and send Ishan Kishan packing for a 38-ball 80.

Watch: Phil Salt stuns IPL with outrageous catch to dismiss Ishan Kishan

Catch of the tournament by Phil Salt🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/WFhBxXwOOJ

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🎥 Phil Salt with an absolute one-handed screamer at the ropes 🫡

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Ishan Kishan becomes the second youngest SRH skipper

Kishan got the opportunity to become the SRH stand-in skipper after Pat Cummins got ruled out of the initial matches due to his ongoing recovery. With this, Kishan became the second youngest player to lead SRH in IPL history.

Overall, Ishan Kishan has a great record as captain in T20s, as in 29 innings, he has scored 1158 runs at an average of 44.53 and a strike rate of 165.7.

Here is the list of records created by Ishan Kishan:

Most matches before captaining in IPL
200 - Ravindra Jadeja
153 - Manish Pandey
148 - Axar Patel
137 - Kieron Pollard
126 - Suryakumar Yadav
119 - Ishan Kishan*

Youngest Captains for SRH in IPL:
27y 244d - Kane Williamson vs RR, Hyderabad, 2018
27y 253d - Ishan Kishan vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2026,
28y 134d - Shikhar Dhawan vs RR, Abu Dhabi, 2014

Highest Individual Scores in IPL on Captaincy Debut:
119 - Sanju Samson (RR) vs PBKS, Mumbai (Wankhede), 2021
99* - Mayank Agarwal (PBKS) vs DC, Ahmedabad, 2021
93* - Shreyas Iyer (DC) vs KKR, Delhi, 2018
88 - Faf du Plessis (RCB) vs DC, Mumbai (DY Patil), 2022
83 - Kieron Pollard (MI) vs PBKS, Mumbai (Wankhede), 2019
80 - Ishan Kishan (SRH) vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2026,

Other than Ishan Kishan, Aniket Verma played a stunning knock of 43 runs to power SRH to 201 in the first innings. Speaking during the mid-innings break, he said:

"[On the innings] It is a very good wicket. It is good that we got past the 200-run mark. I hope we can defend it. [On his dismissal] Yes, sir. Last ball, I wanted to tap it but got a bit too much on it and hence it went to the fielder.

"[On the conditions] Yes, the new ball was swinging a bit. It will help our team. [On whether he premeditates his strokes] According to the field, I thought he will go for a wide yorker and then I tried that reverse ramp."