Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) all-rounder Tim David touched a milestone during the IPL 2026 match against Delhi Capitals (DC) on Saturday, April 18. During the first innings of the game, RCB was batting after losing the toss at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The home team RCB suffered a setback at the beginning of the innings against the foreign team Delhi Capitals. Bengaluru lost the wicket of Virat Kohli during the power play. As the innings progressed, the Capitals bowlers took wickets at short intervals.
RCB all-rounder Tim David registered his name in the record books
Meanwhile, when DC bowlers were performing brilliantly, Tim David made a big record in his name. He is now one of the fastest players to complete 1,000 runs in the history of the Indian Premier League. The Australian international is currently the second fastest batsman to reach the one thousand run mark. He is only behind former Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder and now ‘power coach’ Andre Russell.
Russell needed 545 balls to reach this milestone, while the RCB star had to face 560 balls to reach the second position. Another RCB batsman Phil Salt is at fourth place in the rankings. The English opener faced 575 balls to complete the same number of runs.
Bengaluru batsmen had to struggle against Delhi Capitals bowlers
Talking about Bengaluru’s batting today, apart from Salt, who scored 63 off 38, other batsmen in the line-up faced a challenging afternoon. Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel reduced the run rate of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Tim David’s innings was impressive but short-lived.
He came in the middle as the star batsman and scored 26 runs in 17 balls with the help of three fours and a 6. Batting first, RCB posted a competitive total of 175 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Yadav, Patal and South African fast bowler Lungi Ngidi took two wickets each.
DC vs Royal Challengers Bangalore innings progress:
Overs 1-6: 59/1 (RR: 9.83)
Overs 7-15: 87/3 (RR: 9.66)
Overs 16-20: 29/4 (RR: 5.80)
It is clear from the progress of the innings that Bengaluru started their batting at a fast pace. Later his run rate gradually decreased. With a run rate of 9.83 to 5.80, DC bowlers have undoubtedly performed brilliantly.
“Yeah, I’ve committed to giving it a lot of airtime and obviously putting a lot of revs on it. I saw earlier that they put arm speed on the board. And I’m glad to see that because that’s exactly what I’m trying to do. No change in action, no change in my arm speed, just a different trajectory and obviously getting reps to dip on it,” DC pacer Lungi Ngidi said of his improvement.
Fastest 1000 runs in IPL:
Andre Russell- 545 balls
Tim David- 560 balls
Travis Head- 575
Phil Salt- 575
heinrich classen-594
Virender Sehwag-604
Glenn Maxwell- 610
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