Tim David will miss the first match of IPL 2027. | Photo Credit: KR DEEPAK

Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Tim David will miss his side’s first match of IPL 2027 after earning a one-match suspension for accumulating five demerit points.

According to a statement from IPL, David was fined 50% of his match fee and handed two demerit points for an incident in the 10th over of the first innings of Sunday’s IPL 2026 Final where he “threw an ice bag aggressively in the direction of umpire Nitin Menon.”

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David admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction imposed by the match referee Javagal Srinath.

This was David’s third Level 1 offence of the season, having committed his first offence in Match 20 (one demerit point) and his second offence in Match 54 (two demerit points), both of which were against Mumbai Indians. He has now accumulated five demerit points, which result in a one-game suspension.

As a result, he will be suspended for “RCB’s first game of the next IPL season or the first game of the franchise he represents in IPL 2027.”

Published on Jun 01, 2026