Phil Salt Calls Virat Kohli a Colleague, Not Friend—Later Clarifies to Avoid Controversy

Phil Salt Calls Virat Kohli a Colleague: Royal Challengers Bengaluru opening batter Phil Salt states that he sees Virat Kohli as a colleague but not as a friend. Salt has had a complete turnaround in his thinking this year, as the two make for a great opening pair. Kohli and Salt have contributed significantly to RCB, who are currently standing at the top. Kohli is, yet again having a phenomenal season for RCB, scoring 443 runs in 10 matches at an average of 63.29, while Salt has been serving the purpose of the aggressor at the top.

RCB later posted on social media a video wherein Salt was asked if Kohli had become his friend.

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Host: In one of your interviews, you said that there are no friends in the IPL. So, out there on the field with Virat, are you friends, or are you not?

Salt: Colleagues.

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Salt sings THAT song, clears the air about his FRIENDS, tells us what ANNOYS him, and more, on @bigbasket_com presents RCB Insider! ????#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2025 pic.twitter.com/jGOqdFhHuD

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 30, 2025

However, later in the discussion, and for the sake of avoiding controversy, Salt did a complete flip and said everyone he has played with is his friend.

"Everybody that I have played cricket with is a friend of mine. I just did not want to give you any extra ammunition in this interview," Salt said when he was asked the question once again.

Virat Kohli enjoys another great season with bat

Against Delhi Capitals on Sunday, Kohli made his sixth half-century in 10 IPL innings while keeping RCB's unbeaten roadstory intact. He is also second in the race for the Orange Cap.

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The batting genius shared 19 runs for the fourth wicket with Krunal, where he didn't mind playing second fiddle to the left-handed batter. Kohli mentioned the importance of partnership in T20 cricket after the match.

"People, I think, are forgetting the importance of stitching partnerships or going deep into the innings in T20 cricket," the former India captain.

"I think this year, you're seeing that you can't just come out and tee off from ball one. You need to have professionalism, to read the situation and try and get into a position where you can start dominating the bowlers. For that, you need to string a partnership. It won't come easy on a slow pitch if you don't know how to rotate the strike. So that's pretty much my method," he added.

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