RCB’s six-hitting machine Tim David hits the roof

April 6, 2026 6:43 PM

RCB’s six-hitting machine Tim David hits the roof

Tim David showed exactly why Royal Challengers Bengaluru retained his services for the 2026 season with a scintillating power-hitting display for the defending Indian Premier League (IPL) champions on Sunday. The 30-year-old Australian clobbered eight sixes in his unbeaten 70 off 25 balls as Bengaluru scored a 43-run win over Chennai Super Kings to make it two wins from two. In an innings of huge hits, David drew gasps with a monstrous 106m strike that landed on the roof of the M Chinnaswamy S...

IPL 2026: David, Padikkal, Patidar fireworks help RCB register 43-run win over CSK

April 6, 2026 10:13 AM

IPL 2026: David, Padikkal, Patidar fireworks help RCB register 43-run win over CSK

A marauding batting display led by Tim David, Rajat Patidar and Devdutt Padikkal, along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s incisive spell of 3/41, propelled defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to a commanding 43-run victory over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their IPL 2026 encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday. The marquee contest saw RCB’s batting unit dismantle CSK’s attack with relentless hitting, as David’s unbeaten 70 off just 25 balls and Patidar’s unbeaten 48 ...

Recovering Cummins, Hazlewood, David in Australia squad for T20 World Cup

January 1, 2026 9:39 AM

Recovering Cummins, Hazlewood, David in Australia squad for T20 World Cup

Australia named injured fast bowlers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood and big-hitter Tim David in their provisional squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in February-March, while expanding their spin options to suit conditions in Sri Lanka and India.  Cummins, who has not played an international game in the short format since June 2024, was rested from the final two Ashes games against England to manage his back issues, only playing in the third test in the series. The pacer will undergo final scan...

Coaches trust Australia’s hard-hitters: Tim David

August 11, 2025 1:05 PM

Coaches trust Australia’s hard-hitters: Tim David

Australia's T20 batters are backed by their coaches to go "all guns blazing" and will likely continue their attacking ways, middle order blaster Tim David said. David produced a sparkling 83 off 53 balls to guide Australia to a 17-run win in the series-opener against South Africa on Sunday and a record ninth victory in succession. "We’ve been playing together as a group now for a while, so there’s not a great deal of instruction from the coaches,” said player-of-the-match David in Darwin...