David Miller, the South Africa batsman, expressed deep disappointment in his team’s loss to India in the ICC T20 World Cup final on Saturday in Barbados. India won by seven runs to take their first ICC trophy and second ICC T20 World Cup title.
India won because of effective late-innings bowling by Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya as well as hard hitting batting from Virat Kohli and Axar Patel.
In their first-ever T20 World Cup final, South Africa required sixteen runs off of six deliveries. In yet another important contribution, Miller tried for a big one but was Catch on the boundary by Suryakumar Yadav. This signaled the end of Miller’s innings hence securing India’s victory over South Africa. In his Instagram post match comments he stated;
“I am gutted!! Really tough pill to swallow after what transpired 2 days ago. Words don’t explain how I am feeling. One thing I do know is how proud I am of this unit. This journey was an incredible one, with highs and lows throughout the entire month. We have endured pain, but I know this team has the resilience and will keep raising the bar,” according to Miller.
During the tournament, Miller played nine games scoring 169 runs with an average of 28.16. He scored a fifty plus had a strike rate standing at 102.42 having hit a high score of 59 not out.
South Africa went through ups and downs during its progress to the finals while it lasted.Miller seemed unfazed though defeated at any cost reminding himself about these facts; “I cannot believe it!”. Painful though it is to lose such key matches like this one where we were doing so well all along until now,” he said.” However,” added Miller reflectively “this does not deter my confidence that my side will learn from this experience.”
