Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin not too long ago revealed that he had suggested all of the Indian Premier League (IPL) groups to look to amass the providers of Australia batter Tim David in the course of the mega auctions 2025 however his phrases have been ignored.
David, who performed for Mumbai Indians in 2024, was launched by the five-time champions and went below the hammer, the place he was roped in by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The fitting-handed batter, who is understood for his big-hitting prowess, failed to start out a bidding battle as he was signed for simply INR 3 crore. Ashwin felt that having the damaging Australian batter at that value was one of many greatest steals of the IPL mega public sale for RCB.
“I should not say this however I advised the choice makers of some IPL groups to select him earlier than the final public sale. All of them mentioned, ‘No, his sport has dropped off drastically ‘,” Ashwin mentioned on his YouTube channel.
“I imagine the way forward for T20 cricket goes to be having tall batters with lengthy levers and robust construct. They’ll rule the roost if there aren’t any modifications dropped at the extensive line. A participant RCB picked up at base value (INR 3 crore) has taken his sport to the following stage. It is good to see Australia sending him up the order. An actual steal for RCB,” he added.
David had a outstanding season with the bat for RCB in IPL 2025. He amassed 187 runs from 9 innings at a median of 62.33 and a strike charge of 185.15. The 29-year-old performed an important position in RCB successful their maiden title.
Within the ongoing three-match T20I collection towards South Africa, the Singapore-born has been in scintillating kind, scoring blistering half-centuries within the first two encounters in Darwin. The collection is tied at 1-1 and the third and last match takes place at Cazaly’s Stadium in Cairns on Saturday, August 16.