Tim David's explosive power hitting, featuring a massive 106m six, propelled Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a dominant IPL victory over Chennai Super Kings.
Key Points
- Tim David's unbeaten 70 off 25 balls, including eight sixes, led RCB to a 43-run victory over CSK.
- David's monstrous 106m six landed on the roof of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, showcasing his power-hitting ability.
- Rajat Patidar's quickfire 48 not out off 19 balls provided crucial support to David's explosive innings.
Tim David showed exactly why Royal Challengers Bengaluru retained his services for IPL 2026 with a scintillating power-hitting display for the defending IPL champions on Sunday.
The 30-year-old Australian clobbered eight sixes in his unbeaten 70 off 25 balls as RCB scored a 43-run win over Chennai Super Kings to make it two wins from two.
In an innings of huge hits, David drew gasps with a monstrous 106m strike that landed on the roof of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
"I've been getting in trouble during training with the boys," Player of the Match David said of the six.
"We have competitions to try and hit them on the roof and we're obviously on the side pitches. So, to get one during a match out of the middle, help it up on the roof, it was good fun."
RCB top the early-season standings with a net run rate superior to that of Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings, who also began with back-to-back wins.
Where It Went Wrong For CSK
RCB skipper Rajat Patidar thumped 48 not out off 19 balls and David, who plundered 30 runs from a Jamie Overton over that included four sixes, said the captain's approach helped set the platform for his late burst.
"Rajat was absolutely smoking it and I was taking balls off him so to be able to get us to a score and obviously put a lot of pressure on the opposition," he added.
Chasing 251 for victory, five-time champions CSK managed 207 before being bowled out with two balls left in their innings.
"If you look at the score, we were ahead of them up to about five overs to go," Chennai head coach Stephen Fleming said.
"And then they just went like a rocket. So that's really where the game was lost for us."
It was a third straight defeat for CSK, who slipped to the bottom of the table.
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