RCB’s wicketkeeper-batter Phil Salt leaves India for England after an injury that causes him to return home mid-season, multiple reports say. Business Standard frames the move as a temporary absence rather than a full exclusion from IPL 2026, adding that Salt is not ruled out and is expected to come back to India later in the month ahead of the playoffs. India Today similarly reports that Salt flies back to England following the injury and focuses on the question of his timing for a possible return in the remainder of IPL 2026. Together, the outlets indicate that Salt’s status remains uncertain in the short term, but both suggest optimism about his availability for the business end of the tournament. No source provided here specifies the exact nature or severity of the injury, the length of the recovery period, or any official medical update. The reports therefore converge mainly on the fact of his mid-season travel back to England and the expectation—subject to fitness—that he returns in time for the playoffs.