When Nitish Rana stepped out to bat after missing ten games due to an injury, he saw some frustration in the dressing room. Phil Salt, the Kolkata Knight Riders' in-form opener, had just returned with a single-digit score and was "taking the anger out on himself". Rana refused to discuss "the things" Salt performed in the dressing room, but he said that he was motivated by the anguish on show.