Mumbai Indians (MI) batter Tim David was elated with the team’s win in the IPL 2023 over Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, April 30, which also happened to be MI captain Rohit Sharma’s 36th birthday also.
In what was the 1000th game of the IPL history, Rajasthan Royals started off well by posting 212/7 with Yashasvi Jaiswal making 124 in 64 balls. While Rajasthan Royals looked winning the match at one time, Tim David had other ideas.
He played an amazing knock of 45* in 14 balls and hammered three sixes in the last over bowled by Jason Holder when 17 runs were needed to win, and gave MI a much-needed win as they moved to the 7th spot in the IPL 2023 points table.
Alongside him, Tilak Varma remained unbeaten on 29 off 21 balls and the duo caught up after the match in a video for the IPL website.
We Have Given Him Something To Celebrate: Tim David On MI’s Win On Rohit Sharma’s Birthday
Speaking about Mumbai’s recent run of form, David said that Rohit had been having sleepless nights over the last few days and he was glad that Rohit could celebrate his birthday peacefully.
“A very happy birthday to our skipper, Rohit. We have been giving him sleepless nights by not playing very well. So finally tonight, we have given him something to celebrate. I am feeling amazing. It is amazing to get over the line. Nothing better. This season I have been sitting you (Tilak Varma) and Suryakumar Yadav smacking it around, so I am sorry, I am so excited for having an impact and putting in a performance for the team. And it is of course about the confidence of having you at the other end,” David said in the video.
Varma discussed in the video how he could not middle the ball throughout the game and he wanted David to take charge.
“Some days we have different rhythms. So maybe, today you were not at your best rhythm of how we have seen you play and you still played important shots and your ramp gave us so much momentum,” David concluded.
MI will next face Punjab Kings in Mohali on May 3rd.