Overview
- RCB beat CSK by 43 runs on Sunday in Bengaluru, piling 250 for 3 as Tim David belted 70 not out off 25 balls with eight sixes, then bowling CSK out for 207.
- The champions moved to the top of the early table with two wins, while five-time winners CSK fell to last after starting 0–3.
- David’s surge featured 30 runs off one Jamie Overton over and a 106-metre hit onto the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium roof.
- Swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 for 41 for RCB and became the second player, and first pacer, to reach 200 IPL wickets.
- CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad accepted blame and pundits zeroed in on the final four overs, with 78 runs conceded and questions over not giving Rs 14.2 crore signing Prashant Veer a single over.