He knows there will be days when he will be out caught first ball off a juicy half-volley, like he did against Gujarat Titans, but he will take that.

Salt, who first caught the attention with his exploits in Pakistan last year, says he backs himself to succeed with all out approach more often than not. His knock was the cleanest form of ball striking that one can see in the modern-game. The 26-year-old represents the fearless approach with which England have played their white ball cricket in the recent years. So that is the method behind it.' Salt's sensational effort comprised half a dozen sixes and eight fours with the flat six off Siraj over cover standing out. You saw Marsh hit his second ball for six and Rossouw come out to bat as if he has already faced 30 balls. When that happens, you see guys come out confidently. 'If you take on a side's best bowler and win that particular battle, the message it sends back to the dug-out is one of calm. It was a conscious decision from Salt to take the attack to Siraj as rattling the opposition's best bowler sends 'calm' to the dressing room. It spurs on most blokes to be honest, certainly myself,' said the destructive England keeper-batter. There were a few words and a bit of needle. A lot of our pre-match talk was about really taking it to them, which I felt we did really well. Obviously, there was a little bit of needle. He said his chat with Siraj had a lot to do with the intensity of their away game against RCB at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Salt's breathtaking 87 off 45 in his debut IPL season set up an emphatic win for the hosts. The 19-run over saw Salt smash couple of sixes and a four and Siraj wasn't given another spell.

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