RR Vs RCB, IPL 2026: Jofra Archer Floors Phil Salt With First-Ball Bouncer - Watch

Jofra Archer made a thunderous start with the ball on Friday (April 10), sending Phil Salt back first ball with a fiendish delivery in match 16 of Indian Premier League 2026 between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Archer bamboozled Salt with a fiery bouncer first up, leaving the RCB opener with little time to react suitably. The short ball was pitched around middle stump and rose disconcertingly to leave Salt in all sorts of trouble.

The English batter tried to get out of the way but the ball had already hit his bat's handle by then, ballooning up for a simple catch to Dhruv Jurel behind the stumps. You can watch the video of the dismissal below:

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Earlier, RR captain Riyan Parag won the toss and elected to bowl first. The toss was delayed due to rain, and even as it was being conducted, rain drops began descending again.

Josh Hazlewood will finally play his first game for RCB in IPL 2026, coming in place of Jacob Duffy. For RR, Brijesh Sharma replaced Tushar Deshpande.

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Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Brijesh Sharma

RR Impact Subs: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Josh Hazlewood

RCB Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Jacob Bethell, Rasikh Salam Dar, Kanishk Chouhan, Venkatesh Iyer