Tim David checks the shape of ball, gets warning in MI vs RCB Clash

An unexpected but exciting moment in the middle of the Wankhede Stadium when the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter, Tim David, expressed some doubts over the ball. On-field umpires had to get involved in the matter to calm down the batter.

After the second ball of the 18th over of the first innings, the batters of RCB— Tim David and Jitesh Sharma— were in the middle of the crease as David was trying to explain something showing the ball.

RCB batter Tim David raised an objection to the shape of the ball

While David was juggling the ball, one of the umpires was trying to pull it back, but David remained firm on his stance. After a while, another umpire walked in and settled things. Former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma also walked into the batter's box and urged the umpires to intervene. Sharma and David had a brief talk after resuming the match.

Watch the moment here:

Tim David ragebaiting the umpires 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/jkJgR1dq90

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Tim David, who has been in form for the team in the ongoing Indian Premier League season, presented another blistering form for the team. Due to the latest assault by the Australian batter, RCB secured a total of 240 runs in their 20-over limit in exchange for 4 wickets only.

Tim David followed the footprints of Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, and Virat Kohli vs the Mumbai Indians tonight

Tim David completely utilised the stage set by the early batters in the line-up thoroughly. Following the footprints of Phil Salt, captain Rajat Patidar, and Virat Kohli, David smacked 34 runs off 16 balls and remained not out.

Their openers Phil Salt and Virat Kohli, and their number three batter and captain Rajat Patidar played blistering knocks against the Mumbai Indians in Mumbai tonight. Phil Salt got 78 runs off 36 balls and Virat Kohli registered 50 off 38.

Captain Patidar also registered a half-century in the process. The RCB leader's 53-run knock came from only 20 balls, which was decorated with four 4s and five 6s and a strike rate of 265.0, while Tim David's cameo was filled with two 4s and three 6s.

A bad day in the office for the Mumbai Indians bowlers

In the presence of experienced bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Hardik Pandya, and Mitchell Santner, MI sustained a bad fielding performance tonight. Bumrah again remained wicketless in the ongoing IPL 2026 season, while Pandya, Boult, Santner, and Shardul Thakur claimed one wicket each.

Spinner Mayank Markande was the most expensive bowler tonight for Mumbai as he leaked 40 runs in total in 2 overs for an economy rate of 20.00. Shardul Thakur claimed a wicket but was very expensive as he leaked 32 runs, 16 runs on average per over, in 2 overs only.

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