Ex-India Opener Feels RCB Star Is 'Best Finisher In T20 Cricket' Right Now
The 29-year-old RCB star has played five T20Is in 2025 and, with the help of 15 fours and 27 sixes, has amassed a total of 265 runs in four innings.
Australian middle-order batter Tim David has been in red-hot form these days. The 29-year-old right-handed batter from Singapore who plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the cash-rich Indian Premier League has scored a total of 265 runs in five T20Is for the Australian team in 2025. In his last four T20I innings, David has scored 102 not out from 37 balls and 30 from 12 balls against the West Indies and 83 from 52 balls and 50 runs from 24 balls against South Africa. His batting strike rate in the shortest format of the game this year is 212.00.
During the T20I match played between Australia and the West Indies in Basseterre on July 25, he completed his century in just 37 balls, which helped him break the record of scoring the fastest century in T20Is for Australia.
David's red-hot form with the bat these days earned him big praise from former Indian opener Aakash Chopra. In a video uploaded by Aakash on his YouTube channel, he said that David is the best finisher in the world right now.
'He's growing in stature and how. See his figures in the last five matches (265 runs, 1 century, 2 fifties, 212 strike rate, 15 fours, 27 sixes, and a batting average of 88.33). He's playing at a different level. He's batting like nobody can catch him. He was a steal deal for RCB (signed for Rs 3 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction). He scored runs in IPL 2025 (187 in 12 matches) and helped his team win matches. He's probably the best finisher in T20 cricket right now. The way he's batting and the consistency with which he is batting – everything is falling in place. Tim David has been absolutely outstanding."
Chopra also made a bold prediction for David's Australian teammate Cameron Green and said that the former Mumbai Indians and RCB star could be the most expensive player in the IPL 2026 auction, which is likely to take place later this year.
Green has played seven T20Is for Australia in 2025 and, with the help of three fifties, has scored 249 runs. He missed the 2025 edition of the IPL due to an injury.
'I think he can be the most expensive player in the IPL 2026 auction. Since he has made a return to international cricket, his batting form has been incredible. He is not ready to bowl at the moment, but he will start doing it at some stage. He could actually break the bank. Log inke upar bahut paisa udane wale hai," Chopra said.
In the IPL 2023 auction, Green was signed for Rs 17.50 crore by the Mumbai Indians, and he joined RCB in a trade deal worth Rs 17.50 crore ahead of the IPL 2024 auction.
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