Tim David belted eight sixes in a blistering 70* to fire the Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a 43-run win against the Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.
David’s 25-ball blitz steered defending champions RCB to 250-3, the highest total in this season’s tournament, after the hosts were put in to bat first at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
RCB bowled CSK out for 207 in 19.4 overs to condemn the five-time IPL winners to a third defeat in as many matches.
Seam bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar took three wickets for Bengaluru. Jacob Duffy, Abhinandan Singh and Krunal Pandya claimed two each.
RCB top the 10-team IPL table with a better run-rate than the Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. All four sides have won their opening two matches.
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Bengaluru, who won their first IPL title in 18 attempts last year, started strong after Virat Kohli hit an 18-ball 28, and the rest of the batting kept up the pace and then accelerated.
Kohli’s fellow opener Phil Salt made 46 and Devdutt Padikkal reached 50 before captain Rajat Patidar, who finished unbeaten on 48, and David tore into the Chennai attack.
Australia’s David launched a brutal assault at the back end of the RCB innings and whacked England’s Jamie Overton for four sixes and a four in a 30-run 19th over.
6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣ !
🎥 Tim David goes berserk, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 three maximums in the over 🤩
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David and Patidar put on 99 runs in 36 balls as Bengaluru plundered 97 runs from the final five overs.
Chennai lost three early wickets, including skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad for seven, to immediately fall behind in the chase.
Sarfaraz Khan’s 25-ball 50 and good knocks from Prashant Veer (43) and Overton (37) added some spark to an otherwise disappointing Chennai show.
🎥 Glimpses of a fighting knock from Jamie Overton 👏
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Chennai veteran MS Dhoni is recovering from a calf strain and likely to be out for the first two weeks of a competition scheduled to end on 31 May.
Make that 2️⃣ in a row for the defending champions! ✨#RCB puts on an absolute clinic to defeat #CSK by 43 runs in the Sunday blockbuster ❤️
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