Tim David showed exactly why Royal Challengers Bengaluru retained his services for \u200bthe 2026 season with a scintillating power-hitting display for the \u200cdefending Indian Premier League (IPL) champion on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old \u200bAustralian clobbered eight sixes in his unbeaten \u206070 off 25 balls as Bengaluru scored a 43-run win over Chennai Super Kings to make it two wins from two.<\/p>\n
In \u200can innings of huge hits, David drew gasps with a monstrous 106m strike that landed on \u200cthe roof of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been \u200cgetting \u2060in trouble during training with the boys,\u201d \u2060Player-of-the-Match David said of the six.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have competitions to try and hit them on the roof, and we\u2019re obviously on \u200bthe side pitches. So, \u200cto get one during a match out of the middle, help it up on the roof, it was good fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bengaluru tops the early-season standings with a net \u200crun rate superior to that of Rajasthan Royals, \u200bDelhi Capitals and Punjab Kings, who also began with back-to-back wins.<\/p>\n
Bengaluru\u2019s Rajat Patidar thumped 48 \u2060not out off 19 balls and David, who plundered 30 runs from a Jamie Overton over that included four \u200csixes, said the captain\u2019s approach helped set the platform for his late burst.<\/p>\n
\u201cRajat 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,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Chasing \u200c251 for victory, five-time champion Chennai Super Kings managed 207 before being bowled \u200bout with two balls left in its innings.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you look at the score, we were \u2060ahead of them up to about five overs to go,\u201d \u2060CSK head coach Stephen Fleming said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then they just went like a rocket. So, that\u2019s really \u200cwhere the game was lost for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was a third straight defeat for Chennai Super Kings, which slipped to the \u200bbottom of the table.<\/p>\n
Published on Apr 06, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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