Punjab’s Salil Arora played a powerful innings of 125 not out off 45 balls in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He hit 11 sixes and 9 fours during the innings. His century helped Punjab post a total of 235/6 against Jharkhand in their allotted 20 overs at the DY Patil Academy, Ambi, Pune. His batting his considered more significant as the IPL 2026 auction is knocking the door.
Who is Salil Arora?
Although the special thing was that Jharkhand chased this score, but Salil Arora has come into focus before the mini auction of IPL. Born on November 7, 2002, in Amritsar, Punjab, Salil Arora doesn’t have much experience. He made his T20 and first-class debut in 2024, and he also keeps wickets. However, in this match against Jharkhand, Punjab captain Prabhsimran Singh was keeping, so he played as a substitute. Abhishek Sharma, who was playing for Punjab in this match due to his busy schedule with Team India, didn’t play, so Salil made sure his absence was felt.
So far (as of December 12, 2026), Salil Arora has played nine first-class matches, scoring 458 runs at an average of 41.63. He has also scored one century and three half-centuries. Before this match, he had 142 runs in six T20 matches.
But with this innings, Salil Arora will definitely be on the radar of all teams in the IPL mini-auction.Salil has registered himself for the IPL auction in the wicketkeeper category. He bats right-handed. Interestingly, his base price is only INR 30 lakh, making him a potential winner on December 16th, the day of the IPL auction.
Salil Arora’s Punjab team lost the match despite scoring 235/6. Jharkhand chased down the target of 237/4 in 18.1 overs. Captain Ishan Kishan scored 47 runs off 23 balls, while Kumar Kushagra turned the match around with 86 runs off 42 balls. This victory earned Jharkhand four points in the Super League Group A.
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