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IPL 2025: Tim David credits RCB's 'pressure-free' team environment for rich form
India Today
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4/6/2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Tim David has credited his team's pressure-free environment for his good form in the ongoing season. David has scored back-to-back fiery knocks against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Gujarat Titans (GT).
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That's an interesting part of the first year of the new IPL cycle.
00:07
And secondly, we've got everyone available for this game, I'm pretty sure.
00:19
Tim, you're enjoying yourself in the RCB colours, the way you are batting.
00:23
Can you tell us what has changed for you this season?
00:28
Yeah, nothing's changed really.
00:30
You know, you have periods when the game feels a little bit easy,
00:35
you put a little bit less pressure on yourself,
00:37
and that's certainly part of this environment so far.
00:40
I've been enjoying my time, lots of great people to work with,
00:43
and I'm just trying to keep the game simple and enjoy it as much as I can.
00:50
Hi Tim, you've shared the dressing room with two of the bona fide legends in Indian cricket,
00:56
first in Rohit, now with Kohli.
00:59
What has it been like, and in terms of the experience itself,
01:03
is it different, is it the same, in what way is it different?
01:06
And you're now coming back home in a way where you were based in the last three years,
01:10
what is all that feeling like?
01:13
Yeah, it's brilliant to have those sort of senior players in the dressing room,
01:16
they're so experienced, they're idolised and rightly so,
01:19
they've done it for a long time.
01:21
I think that both of them have played in this tournament since its inception,
01:25
so it's great fun, you get great support from the fans,
01:30
they idolise those players,
01:32
and it makes wonderful atmospheres to play in,
01:35
so I suppose that's the first part.
01:37
And yeah, coming back to play in Mumbai,
01:40
it's a wonderful place to play at the One Kitty,
01:42
love batting here, it's a nice place to have as your home ground,
01:46
it's not my home ground anymore,
01:48
hopefully I get a chance to do some damage out there in the middle tomorrow night.
01:56
Hi, most probably Bumrah will be playing tomorrow against your team,
02:00
so how big a threat will it be for RCB?
02:03
Yeah, Bumrah is pretty widely recognised as the best bowler going around,
02:09
and that's the challenge we want to have at RCB.
02:13
If we're going to go deep in this tournament,
02:15
we need to beat the best teams, we need to beat the best players,
02:18
so hopefully Bumrah is bowling the first over tomorrow night,
02:21
and the first ball goes to four or six from whoever is opening the batting for us,
02:24
that'll be a statement,
02:25
and it'll be great to have him back playing in the tournament,
02:29
because the game is better with him in it.
02:35
Again, you've played with Bumrah in the nets last year so much,
02:39
and have you managed to pick any nuances,
02:42
I know you can't give it all, but any nuances,
02:45
because he primarily operated at the depth
02:47
when you are likely to be batting around the crux of the current situation,
02:51
so have you picked any nuances of how he bowls,
02:55
or how you could counter him, etc.?
02:58
I'll just try and get my toes out of the way,
03:00
he's got a pretty lethal yorker,
03:03
he's a brilliant bowler,
03:05
and when you put in big performances against the best teams,
03:08
against the best players,
03:09
they're the best feelings you get as a player,
03:11
so you want to be challenged by the best,
03:13
and I'm looking forward to that.
03:15
Yeah, the first part about Rajat is his high skill as a batsman,
03:20
he's aggressive, and he backs himself to play his role,
03:24
so that's wonderful to have,
03:26
I watch these guys bat during the game,
03:29
and I love watching him bat,
03:30
secondly, he's very calm as a captain,
03:33
he seems well planned with his decisions,
03:35
and he's building on from a great environment in this team,
03:41
so it's great fun to be a part of.
03:43
It's been a great start for us,
03:45
two big wins on the road against KKR and Chennai,
03:48
they've been traditionally tough places,
03:50
those teams are strong in their home conditions,
03:52
so that's a brilliant start for us.
03:54
The last game, we lost early wickets,
03:56
that happens, it's going to be tough to win games
03:58
given the quality of this tournament,
04:00
if you're four down early,
04:01
but I don't see many times in the season
04:04
when with the quality of our batting line-up,
04:07
that's going to happen,
04:09
so we're looking forward to this game,
04:11
we haven't dwelled too much on any match,
04:13
it's very rewarding when you win,
04:15
and you take your lessons from losses,
04:18
but again, another great game here to come to Mumbai,
04:21
they've obviously set up their team to play well
04:23
in these conditions,
04:24
had one of the best batting pitches in the country,
04:26
so let's hope we get that tomorrow night.
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