‘Makes No Sense’: Former Australia Participant Criticises Tim David Batting Place Towards Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025
He scored 37 in 20 balls amidst the batting collapse.
The previous Australian batter Aaron Finch has taken a dig on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) administration for sending Tim David twice at No.8 within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. He acknowledged that the transfer doesn’t make sense to him and urged the staff to play him up within the order.
“Can anybody please clarify why Tim David has batted at quantity 8 twice within the IPL this season? Makes completely no sense to me…give your most damaging gamers extra time!”.
Notably, the batter scored 37 at a strike charge of 185 after a batting collapse of RCB. The staff scored 61 beneath 4 overs in opposition to Delhi Capitals (DC), earlier than the unlucky run-out of Phil Salt. Since then, no different pair was in a position to make a partnership as RCB stored shedding wickets at common intervals.
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After scoring 53 in simply three overs, RCB was all set to place up a 200-plus rating on the Chinnaswamy Stadium final evening. Nevertheless, the dismissal of Salt modified the momentum of the sport. Their star-studded batting lineup, together with Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, skipper Rajat Patidar, and Jitesh Sharma, didn’t speed up in entrance of the DC bowlers. Coming in at No.8, David’s 20-ball-37 powered RCB to a formidable whole of 163.
Nevertheless, the late rescue knock from the Australian batter went in useless. Bengaluru’s personal KL Rahul notched up a smashing 93 not-out in 53 balls to safe a six-wicket victory over his former franchise.
Beforehand, David was despatched on the identical spot in opposition to the Mumbai Indians on the Wankhede. He walked in throughout the 20th over and confronted only one ball. Apparently, he’s but to be dismissed on this match thus far. The 29-year-old scored 22* and 32* in RCB’s earlier fixtures going through Chennai Tremendous Kings and Gujarat Titans, respectively. He didn’t get an opportunity to bat within the IPL 2025 opener in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders.
RCB has misplaced each of their residence matches thus far within the IPL 2025. In distinction, they’ve managed to win all three of their away video games. The staff will tackle Rajasthan Royals on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on April 13.
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