An aggressive knock from Tim David has set up Royal Challengers Bengaluru to post 250 runs in the IPL 2026 game against CSK at  Bengaluru.

He went on to score 70* runs off 25 deliveries, helping the side to post one of the biggest totals in history.

After being invited to bat first, Virat Kohli and Phil Salt opened the innings while Khaleel Ahmed opened the bowling attack.

The duo made a decent start scoring 37 runs for first wicket. Anshul Kamboj brought the first breakthrough dismissing virat Kohli for 28 runs.

Wit Phil Salt and Devdutt Padikkal at crease, Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 51 runs in the powerplay.

Shivam Dube who introduced to bowling in the 11th over, dismissed Phil Salt for 46 runs. His knock  After Devdutt Padikkal’s dismissal for 50 runs off 29 deliveries by Jamie Overton, Rajat Patidar and Tim David captailised the innings. Padikkal’s knock included 5 fours and 2 sixes.

With Rajat Patidar remained unbeaten with 48* runs, Tim David scored 70* runs which included 3 fours and 8 sixes. Patidar’s knock included 1 fours and 6 sixes.

By the end of 20 overs, Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 250 runs for 3 wickets. Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton and Shivam Dube picked a wicket each for CSK. Chennai Super Kings will need 251 runs to win in the match.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing 11: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy

Imp Sub: Suyash Sharma,Jacob Bethell,Rasikh Salam Dar,Kanishk Chouhan,Venkatesh Iyer

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11: Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Matt Henry, Khaleel Ahmed

Imp Sub: Matthew Short, Akeal Hosein, Kartik Sharma, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Gurjapneet Singh