Tim David shows ruthless hitting, smashes 30 runs of Jamie Overton's final over in RCB vs CSK clash
Published - 05 Apr 2026, 09:27 PM | Updated - 05 Apr 2026, 11:35 PM
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The TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, marquee clash between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) took place at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. CSK captain won the toss and elected to field, both sides came with an unchanged XI. RCB openers Virat Kohli and Phil Salt had a steady start.
However, Tim David had other plans as he smacked 30 runs off Jamie Overton’s 19th over, as the Aussie batter smashed four sixes in the over. He did some ruthless hitting after taking some balls, and all the ball dissappeard in the boundary. As RCB put 250 of their 20 overs and David was unbeaten with the score of 70 off 25 deliveries.
Tim David show in Chinnaswamy
Tim David and Rajat Patidar stitched a partnership of 99 runs for the fourth wicket, in which the most runs were scored by Tim David. The fans liked the brute force of Tim David on the night as he helped RCB to set up a mammoth total.
Virat Kohli had little impact; he was dismissed for 28 off 18 balls. After that, Salt took charge and scored aggressively. Salt was dismissed for 46, and Devdutt Padikkal took over from where he left off in the previous game, scoring a furious half-century before being dismissed by Jamie Overton.
Captain Rajat Patidar was not in the mood to slow down, as he maintained a strong run rate and scored quickly. The captain was unbeaten at the score of 48 runs and hardly got any batting as Tim David was smacking the CSK bowlers all around the park.
RCB smashes records
RCB scored 97 runs of the last 5 overs. After the innings Devdutt Padikkal said, "At the time-out, we talked about keeping going. Probably glad I got out because the entertainment (from David) was incredible. It was a bit tacky early on, was not coming on with the new ball. We did not want to lose too many early wickets."
"We knew we could maximise later (on this ground). Very hard to set a target here. The moment you have momentum behind you, you need to keep going. Coming into last year, wanted to make sure I believed in myself. It is a really good score. Hopefully we will get the win."
Padikkal started the rampage
Padikkal set the tone in the middle, as Patidar smashed the ball to all parts. David then appeared at the death and put the CSK bowlers through their paces. Except for Khaleel Ahmed, all of the other bowlers achieved an economy rate of more than 11.
The 250/3 is the highest ever total of IPL 2026 and also the highest ever total in the RCB vs CSK. Ruturaj Gaikwad is already back in the pavilion with another low score of 7 runs. As Jacob Duffy strikes early. It will be a huge task for Sanju Samson and the CSK batters to climb up the mammoth total of 251 runs.
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