Delhi activation features Tim David
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru batters Tim David and Romario Shepherd were filmed playing gully cricket with local youngsters in Delhi on April 26, before Monday’s IPL match against Delhi Capitals. - The viral clip showed both overseas hitters trading nets for a narrow street game, as Bengaluru arrived second in the table with 10 points from seven matches. - The cameo landed before a rematch with Delhi, who beat Bengaluru by six wickets on April 18. (iplt20.com)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru batters Tim David and Romario Shepherd were spotted playing gully cricket in a Delhi street on April 26, a day before facing Delhi Capitals. (latestly.com) (freepressjournal.in) The video showed the pair batting in a narrow lane with local youngsters instead of training in a formal practice setting. Social posts of the clip spread on April 26 and were picked up by cricket outlets the same evening. (latestly.com) (freepressjournal.in) The timing mattered because Bengaluru entered the April 27 fixture in second place with 10 points from seven matches, while Delhi sat seventh with six points. ESPNcricinfo listed the match at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi as a 7:30 p.m. local start. (espncricinfo.com) Delhi had already beaten Bengaluru once this season, chasing 176 with one ball left on April 18. The official IPL match report credited Tristan Stubbs and David Miller with finishing that chase after Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav checked Bengaluru’s middle overs. (iplt20.com) That earlier game also put David’s form in focus. In coverage published April 26, Free Press Journal said he had scored 183 runs in seven matches at a strike rate above 200 for Bengaluru. (freepressjournal.in) Shepherd’s numbers were lighter, but he remained part of Bengaluru’s finishing group going into the rematch. ESPNcricinfo’s squad page for the April 27 match listed both David and Shepherd in Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s traveling roster. (espncricinfo.com) The clip also landed in a familiar IPL lane: players stepping briefly out of the stadium bubble and into fan-facing street cricket moments. In this case, the imagery was simple — two overseas power-hitters in a Delhi by-lane a day before a league match. (latestly.com) (cricketwinner.com) By matchday morning, the street game had become part of the buildup to Delhi Capitals against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The players were back on the schedule, but the viral image was Tim David and Romario Shepherd batting in the lane. (espncricinfo.com) (latestly.com)
