RCB vs DC: Tim David broke the record of Virender Sehwag and Travis Head, became the second batsman to do so

By Sandy Verma On Apr 18, 2026

RCB vs DC: Australia’s star batsman Tim David is currently the biggest match winner for Royal Challengers Bangalore. After making the team champion in IPL 2025, now he is batting amazingly in 2026 also. Tim David also played an important innings in the match against Delhi Capitals. With which he has made a big record. With which he has broken the records of veteran Virender Sehwag and explosive batsman Travis Head.

Tim David made a big record with the bat

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star batsman Tim David came to bat at number 5 against Delhi Capitals. Where he played an innings of 26 runs in 17 balls. With this he also completed his 1000 runs in IPL. In terms of less balls, Tim David has scored the second fastest 1000 runs in IPL. The record of scoring the fastest 1000 IPL runs is held in the name of Andre Russell. Russell achieved this feat in 545 balls. There itself. Tim has scored 1 thousand runs in 560 balls. Trevid Head and Phil Salt had achieved this feat in 575-575 balls. Whereas Heinrich Klaasen had scored 1 thousand IPL runs in 594 balls. Whereas Indian legend Virender Sehwag had crossed the mark of 1 thousand runs in 604 balls.

TIM DAVID – SECOND FASTEST TO COMPLETE 1000 RUNS IN IPL HISTORY 🥶 pic.twitter.com/gk34Eok93t
—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 18, 2026

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RCB team got its second defeat of the season

Talking about the match, Delhi Capitals team had won the toss and decided to bowl first. After which RCB team scored 175 runs in 20 overs. Which includes Phil Salt’s inning of 63 runs. Delhi bowlers later bowled well and prevented RCB from scoring 200 runs. Chasing the target of 176 runs, KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs scored half-centuries for Delhi Capitals and helped their team win the match by 6 wickets in the last over.

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