Having been around them a little bit, I know that we're quite similar thinkers on the game in some ways - and their track record speaks for itself." Salt followed the auction from the United Arab Emirates,

Dinesh Karthik hailed Phil Salt's acquisition and said that he was the kind of player RCB wanted in their team. RCB spent Rs 11.50 crore on the star England wicketkeeper-batter.

RCB was involved in an internees bidding war with the Kolkata Knight Riders to rope in Salt. But then, after a while KKR backed off and Salt went to RCB for a whopping amount of Rs 11.50 crore.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) said that the decision to bring England opener Phil Salt was influenced by the fact that he is explosive and can take on anyone in the powerplay