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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) finisher Tim David had one of the coldest reactions to hitting a massive six over M Chinnaswamy Stadium’s roof against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday.
It happened on the last ball of the 19th over. CSK all-rounder Jamie Overton delivered it short on the body, and David swiveled to hit it to deep square leg, where it seemed to go over the roof. First, David did the umpire’s signal for a six, raising both his hands, before gesturing ‘bye-bye’ to the ball.
Watch it here:
TIM DAVID saying Good bye to the ball and CSK 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂#RCBvsCSK 😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/54Dbj1Bczx
— Sas ♪ (@ak_dmkx) April 5, 2026
This was arguably David’s best innings in IPL. He hit 70 off 25 balls with three fours and
eight sixes, the joint-second highest in the tournament history. He shared a 99-run stand with Devdutt Padikkal off just 35 balls, one of the fastest 30-plus-ball partnerships, too.
Together, they took RCB to 250/3, the highest IPL total against CSK.
“I think it was a bit tacky early on, especially with the new ball wasn’t coming on that well and we have to make sure that we don’t lose too many wickets,” Padikkal said in the mid-innings break. “We understand that in the Chinnaswamy, if we have wickets in hand in the last five, six overs, we can really maximize and that’s what we did. To be honest, it’s very hard to set a target here in Chinnaswamy. It’s important that the moment you have that momentum behind you, you have to just keep going it’s a really good score. But again, anything can happen in cricket. We have to do our things right and hopefully we’ll get the win,” he added.
David proved to be the perfect example of what players in the right roles can do for a team. CSK coach Stephen Fleming recently spoke about how finishers don’t exist in modern T20 cricket because batters need to hit from the first ball, but David showed that his skills are perfect to counter the death-overs plans.
