The return to their home ground was not good for the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen. The Bangalore batsmen, who batted explosively in Kolkata and Chennai in the first 2 matches of IPL 2025, had to struggle in their very first match of this season at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Especially his explosive opener Phil Salt had trouble playing big shots. Even when a big shot came off his bat, he had to bear the brunt of it and his condition was similar to that of MS Dhoni. What is the whole story, let us tell you.

On the evening of Wednesday, April 2, RCB faced Gujarat Titans at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. This match was special in this sense because after being a part of Bangalore for about 8 years, Mohammad Siraj was playing against this team for the first time. In such a situation, eyes were on the clash between Virat Kohli and Siraj. But the contest was seen between Salt and Siraj, that too in the very first over when Jos Buttler dropped Salt's catch on Siraj's ball.

Salt was overshadowed by a 105-meter six

Even after this, the competition between Siraj and Salt continued and the star pacer of Gujarat troubled the Bangalore opener. Then came the 5th over, in which the most interesting action was seen. On the third ball of this over, Salt hit a stunning shot and the ball fell straight on the roof of the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Salt got 6 runs. But after this the game stopped for some time because the second ball was called and this proved fatal for Salt.

MS Dhoni's wicket came to mind.

Siraj bowled the next ball at a speed of about 146 kilometers per hour and Salt was clean bowled on it. Salt's off stump fell 2-3 meters away. This wicket of Salt reminded me of MS Dhoni. Last season, an exciting match was played between Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings on this ground. In the last over of that match, Chennai needed about 17 runs to qualify. Dhoni hit a six on the first ball of Yash Dayal. The ball crossed the roof of Chinnaswamy and then the second ball was called. Dayal took Dhoni's wicket on the very next ball. Only this time Salt's condition was also the same.

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