Very few bowlers have been able to deliver as consistently with the new ball as Trent Boult in the Indian Premier League. Even though the Kiwi was smashed for a boundary on the very first ball of the match,in typical Boult fashion, he responded by uprooting Phil Salt’s leg stump at the Wankhede.
Winning the toss, Hardik Pandya cited the role of dew in the second innings while announcing his decision to bowl first. And when you have Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar as your opening bowlers, why would you not. With the return of Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma to the playing XI, Mumbai fans would have hoped to see a change in fortune for team that has struggled for points this season.
However, things appeared to have gone wrong for the five time winners as Phil Salt landed his front leg, on the very first delivery, to send Boult’s full ball through extra cover for a boundary. But as the saying goes, you cannot keep a good man down for long. The Southpaw responded with a perfect inswinger that Salt missed completely. The ball went on to hit middle and leg and even uprooted the timber on its way.
Twitter could not hold its cool with the delivery as the RCB man found himself on the receiving end on two ends.
Bowled him
Perfect
Perfect revenge from Trent Boult 🔥🔥
A best powerplay bowler 🤌🏼
#MIvsRCB #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/UI5W2jjbZK— Sachin ( Modi Ka Parivar ) (@SM_8009) April 7, 2025
Thunder Boult for a reason 😍
This guy is just so good in Power Play ❤️👌#MIvsRCB
pic.twitter.com/dQcCVBTe9x— Hanan (@MalikSahaab_001) April 7, 2025
Salty
True
Trent Boult playing football in the initial overs of a cricket match gotta be my fav genre#RCBvsMI #MIvRCB pic.twitter.com/4cBj5XpV1O
— Humza Sheikh (@Sheikhhumza49) April 7, 2025
Boult started 😭😭😭#RCBvsMIpic.twitter.com/ADm6CKGaJl
— baddhakist_thelazyass (@MITHILVIRU) April 7, 2025
Salt gone
Fire
Trent Boult 🔥🔥#MIvsRCB pic.twitter.com/klEygplh2W
— 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 (@Shebas_10dulkar) April 7, 2025
Typical fast bowler reply ra boult 👌💥 pic.twitter.com/Dx8rzzHRjZ
— Arjun sarkar 🦅 (@roholic__3) April 7, 2025
Always
