IPL 2026: Boost for RCB as openerPhil Salt set to rejoin squad later this week

New Delhi, May 20 : In a timely boost for defending champions Royal Challengers
Bengaluru (RCB), opener Phil Salt is set to return to India later this week after spending
a month back home on the sidelines due to a finger injury. Salt, 29, injured a finger on his
left hand while diving to save a boundary during RCB’s defeat to Delhi Capitals in an
afternoon clash at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 18. He then flew home to recover
and spend time with his young family. But now, as per a report from ESPNCricinfo,
Salt is set to come back to India and rejoin RCB. “It remains to be seen if Salt will be
available to play in RCB’s final league-stage match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday,
but they are unlikely to take any risks so close to the playoffs,” further said the report.