Overview
- RCB beat CSK by 43 runs in Bengaluru on Sunday, posting 250/3 before bowling the visitors out for 207 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
- Tim David smashed 70 not out off 25 balls with eight sixes, pairing with Rajat Patidar for an unbroken 99 as RCB plundered 97 in the last five overs.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3/41 and reached 200 IPL wickets, becoming the league’s first fast bowler and second bowler overall to hit the mark.
- CSK leaked 78 runs in overs 17–20 and fell to a third straight defeat, with captain Ruturaj Gaikwad saying he should have contributed more at the top.
- Devdutt Padikkal said the pitch was tacky early and RCB held wickets to attack later, a plan that has the defending champions near the top of the early table.