Reigning champions Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) put up a brilliant batting display against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Match 11. indian premier league 2026Tim David made headlines with his sensational late night attack at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Playing at No. 5 for his team, David scored a blistering unbeaten 70 off just 25 balls to take the momentum towards RCB and set up a massive innings of 280 runs. His innings, studded with three fours and eight sky-high sixes, completely destroyed the CSK bowling attack and gave an excellent finish to RCB.
Earlier, RCB's top order ensured a strong platform as Phil Salt played a quickfire 46 off 30 balls, while Virat Kohli made a quickfire 28. Devdutt Padikkal continued his good performance and scored 50 runs in 29 balls. After this, captain Rajat Patidar performed brilliantly and remained unbeaten after scoring 48 runs on just 19 balls. However, it was David's explosive cameo that took the innings from competitive to impressive.
The biggest massacre came in the 19th over when david Jamie Overton was dismissed with three consecutive sixes. On the fourth ball, Overton pitched it full and outside off, and David stayed deep in the crease and lofted it cleanly over long-on, bringing up his half-century in emphatic fashion. The very next ball was on a length and David made it look effortless and bowled another brilliant ball straight over the bowler's head. The same feat happened on the last ball of the over when David sent the ball out of the stadium and scored a brilliant hat-trick of sixes.
In the blink of an eye, David completely changed the pace, leaving the CSK bowlers with no answer. The defending champions posted a huge score of 250 runs in 20 overs.
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