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The auction for the next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) took place on Tuesday. A lot of money was showered on the players in this auction. Many surprising decisions were also seen in it. Some players did not find buyers and those who had no hope took away crores of rupees. England wicketkeeper-batsman Phil Salt is one such player, who is known for his stormy batting. But this batsman did not find a buyer in the auction. After scoring a century on the day of the auction, Salt clarified that he was wrong.
Phil Salt was a part of Delhi Capitals till last year. But this time Delhi did not retain them. Salt considered entering the auction but could not find a buyer. Salt had come up with a base price of Rs 1.5 crore, but when his name came up, no one bid.
Broken Salt on the West Indies
Saddened by this, Salt took out his anger against the West Indies and scored a storming century. In the fourth T20 match played between West Indies and England, Salt crushed the bowlers of West Indies. He scored 110 runs in 57 balls with the help of seven fours and 10 sixes. Meanwhile, his strike rate was 208.77. On the strength of his century, England made a big score of 267 runs. In front of this big score, the West Indies team collapsed on 192 runs. Salt completed his century in 48 balls in this match.
This is his second consecutive century in this series. Before this, he scored a century on December 16 as well. In that match, Salt played an unbeaten innings of 109 runs. Salt is the second batsman to score two consecutive centuries in T20 Internationals among teams from ICC full member countries. Before him, South Africa's Riley Russo had done this work.
Russell's storm failed
Despite many attempts, the West Indies team failed in front of the target of 268 runs given by England. For this, Andre Russell scored a half century but he could not lead the team to victory. Russell played an innings of 51 runs off 25 balls with the help of three fours and five sixes. Apart from him, no other batsman could score a half century. If we look at this match, a total of 33 sixes were hit. 19 sixes were hit on behalf of England while 14 sixes were hit on behalf of West Indies. Reece Topley took three wickets for England. Sam Curran and Rehan Ahmed took two wickets each. With this, England has tied the five-match T20 series 2-2.
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