Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, an important match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) took place at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The CSK captain won the toss and elected to field, with both sides coming in with unchanged elevens. RCB openers Virat Kohli and Phil Salt made a steady start.
However, Tim David had other plans as he scored 30 off Jamie Overton’s 19th over as the Australian batsman hit four sixes in the over. After taking a few balls, he hit mercilessly and all the balls disappeared beyond the boundary. RCB scored 250 runs in their 20 overs and David remained unbeaten on 70 runs in 25 balls.
Tim David Show at Chinnaswamy
Tim David and Rajat Patidar made a partnership of 99 runs for the fourth wicket, in which Tim David scored the highest runs. Fans loved the sheer power of Tim David that night as he helped RCB post a huge score.
Virat Kohli had little impact; He was out after scoring 28 runs on 18 balls. After this Salt took charge and scored runs in an aggressive manner. Salt was out for 46, and Devdutt Padikkal took over from where he left off in the previous game, and scored a stormy half-century before being dismissed by Jamie Overton.
Captain Rajat Patidar was in no mood to play at a slow pace as he maintained a strong run rate and scored quickly. The captain was unbeaten on 48 and hardly got any chance to bat as Tim David was smashing the CSK bowlers all around the park.
RCB broke records!
RCB scored 97 runs in the last 5 overs. After the innings, Devdutt Padikkal said, “At the time-out, we talked about moving forward. Probably glad I got out because Manoranjan (David’s) was unbelievable. It was a bit difficult at the beginning, not coming with the new ball. We didn’t want to lose too many early wickets.”
“We knew we could give maximum performance later (on this ground). It’s very difficult to set goals here. The moment you have momentum behind you, you need to keep going. Coming into last year, I wanted to make sure I believed in myself. It’s a really good score. Hopefully we can get the win.”
Padikkal started the ruckus
Padikkal set the tone in the middle as Patidar hit the ball to all parts. After this, David appeared in the death overs and gave pace to the CSK bowlers. Except Khalil Ahmed, all the other bowlers achieved an economy rate of more than 11.
250/3 is the highest score till now in IPL 2026 and also the highest score till now for RCB vs CSK. Ruturaj Gaikwad has already returned to the pavilion with a low score of 7 runs. As Jacob Duffy strikes early. It will be a big task for Sanju Samson and CSK batsmen to reach the mammoth score of 251 runs.
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