IPL Pulse: Salt flies, Duffy lands
In case you missed last night, RCB didn't. But either way, here's today's edition of Pulse , your 2-minute scan of the IPL universe. Last night in 5 points 1. Rajat Patidar might be "not defending anything" (Jos Buttler said the same during T20 WC 2024), but RCB began in style, hammering SRH by six wickets at home. They won the toss too, which is often where their Chinnaswamy troubles begin and end. 2. Jacob Duffy could easily have passed off as Josh Hazlewood in a mask. Same hard lengths, same discipline , and just enough spongy bounce to draw the top-edges and deliver early strikes. 3. Phil Salt did the rest. One catch tumbling over himself, careful not to brush the cushions; another flying to his right, taken one-handed. Both ridiculous. 4. Ishan Kishan, on his captaincy debut, made 80 off 38 and looked at home. Aniket Verma kept the six-hitting habit from last year intact. 201/9 still never enough, not with their bowling line-up at the Chinnaswamy...
