Phil Salt struck a fluent 62 off 32 balls in Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s 42-run defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad — their first away loss of IPL 2025. Despite the setback ending RCB’s six-match away streak and pushing them to third on the table, Salt remained optimistic. “You’d rather have that now than in an eliminator,” he said, viewing the result as a timely reality check before the playoffs. Returning from illness, Salt expressed gratitude for simply being back on the field: “I’m just glad that I’m healthy and feeling good.” RCB have one final league fixture to fine-tune before the knockouts.