Phil Salt from the England cricket team showcased a remarkable performance in their T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 match against West Indies on Thursday. Chasing a target of 181, Salt's unbeaten 87 runs proved to be crucial in securing victory for his team. During the 16th over of the match, Salt, who also plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2024, displayed his explosive batting skills by hitting Romario Shepherd for 30 runs in just 6 balls.
Salt started the over with a boundary through extra cover to reach his half-century, followed by a six down the ground. He then dispatched a slower delivery for another four before sending a wide delivery over long-off for a six. The next ball went over backward square leg for another six, and Salt finished off the over by effortlessly hitting a full-toss for another boundary over wide mid-off. Salt's exceptional innings played a crucial role in guiding his team to victory.
England went on to win the match by 2 wickets. After the match, England skipper Jos Buttler praised Salt for his destructive batting in such an important match.
"That's a really good performance from us, we executed well with both bat and ball. I thought we bowled well to restrict such a powerful batting line-up, still, we had to chase it down, but smart play from us. The partnership between Salt and Bairstow was great. I brought Jof back there, Pooran and Russell coming in, two of the best batters in the world, so we brought our best bowler back in. (Adil Rashid) He's a really important player, he has got so many variations and restricts runs. He batted at No. 4 today, he is a class player and we have decided to keep backing our class players. It was an incredible inning, a mature senior player's inning, he batted with a lot of power. A lot of people say you learn when you lose but I also feel you learn when you win, important to reflect on our performance and look back at what worked for us and focus on the next game," Buttler said at the post-match presentation.