South Africa’s David Miller says they’re feeling “really confident” ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup this month regardless of their collection loss to India.
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Miller’s unbeaten 106 off 47 balls was in useless on Sunday as India won by 16 runs in Guwahati to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead within the three-match collection.
The third T20, in Indore on Tuesday, is the ultimate match for each groups ahead of the World Cup in Australia.
Middle-order batsman Miller mentioned dropping the collection wouldn’t have an effect on their morale for the World Cup. South Africa begin their marketing campaign on October 24.
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“There are a lot of stories in the past, with one being Australia not doing too well before the World Cup (last year) and they end up winning the World Cup,” the 33-year-old David Miller informed reporters.
“I don’t suppose it’s an excessive amount of to fret about. Like I mentioned, there’s a few areas that we will work on and suppose that may at all times be the case.
“We are feeling really confident with a lot of areas.”
India posted a mammoth 237/3 after being put in to bat first on Sunday, with Suryakumar Yadav standing out together with his 22-ball 61 to tear into the opposition bowling.
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South African quick bowlers Kagiso Rabada, Wayne Parnell, Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje gave away 201 runs of their 15 overs mixed.
‘Built up a good squad’ – David Miller
In reply, South Africa have been 47/3 earlier than the left-handed pair of Miller and Quinton de Kock, who hit 69, placed on an unbeaten stand of 174 to provide the hosts a scare.
“We have built up a really good squad over the last year and a half and we get on really well with each other,” Miller added.
“We’ve got great partnerships, we have won a lot of series in the last year and to have lost the series was very disappointing, but at least we can walk away with our heads held high.”
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Known as “Killer” Miller for his potential to take aside the opposition bowling, he praised Suryakumar’s knock and believes the Proteas can study from his model of T20 batting.
“To give a top-class player like Surya a couple of freebies it comes down to poor execution at stages,” David Miller mentioned on his bowlers going mistaken.
“We are all humans, but we do need to be a bit harder on ourselves and tighten up on a few areas. It (Surya’s knock) was really good injection from India’s perspective, but something that we can learn from in the upcoming game.”
By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
