‘Been getting in trouble during training with the boys’: Tim David makes surprising admission after heroics vs CSK

Australian batter Tim David smashed 70 runs off 25 deliveries against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday, and grabbed significant attention with a 106-meter-long strike that was deposited on the top of the roof of the stadium.

“I’ve been getting in trouble during training with the boys,” Player of the Match David said of the six.

“We have competitions to try and hit them on the roof and we’re obviously on the side pitches. So, to get one during a match out of the middle, help it up on the roof, it was good fun.”

Bengaluru have begun their title defence with two straight wins, whereas Rajat Patidar played a fine hand by smashing 48 runs off 19 balls too.

“Rajat 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,” he added.

Chasing 251 for victory, five-time champions Chennai managed 207 before being bowled out with two balls left in their innings.

“If you look at the score, we were ahead of them up to about five overs to go,” Chennai head coach Stephen Fleming said.

“And then they just went like a rocket. So that’s really where the game was lost for us.”

It was a third straight defeat for Chennai, who slipped to the bottom of the table.

RCB will play their next match against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on April 10.

First Published: 

Apr 6, 2026 6:22 PM

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