Updated On: 27 May, 2024 03:33 PM IST | Chennai | mid-day online correspondent
Salt, who went unsold in the IPL auction last year, was bought by KKR as a replacement player for opener Jason Roy, the Englishman who opted out of the league due to personal reasons

Salt celebrates KKR`s win from UK (@kkriders/X), KKR celebrate the fall of a wicket (Pic: AFP)
England and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) opener Phil Salt celebrated his side`s third Indian Premier League title win via video call following his team`s victory.
On Sunday, just after KKR lifted IPL 2024 trophy under Shreyas Iyer`s captaincy, the first video call was made to Salt, who had formed a formidable opening pair with Sunil Narine before he departed back home for a T20I series against Pakistan, which started on May 22 and will go on till May 30, in order to prepare them for ICC T20 World Cup, starting from June 1 in West Indies and USA.