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‘We’re better than that’: Miller admits Proteas were outplayed

Miller credited India captain Suryakumar Yadav for a nice efficiency.

Experienced batter David Miller admitted the Proteas were outplayed by India on Thursday night time, after being handed a thumping 106-run defeat within the third and closing match of their T20 International collection on the Wanderers.

Chasing 202 runs to win, South Africa were dismantled for simply 95. Wiese high scored with 35 runs however didn’t obtain sufficient help from the remainder of the line-up.

With the primary match in Durban having been rained out and the Proteas successful the second fixture in Gqeberha by 5 wickets, the three-match T20 collection led to a 1-1 draw.

“Obviously it was a disappointing result,” Wiese mentioned after the sport.

“I feel the wicket modified fairly a bit within the second innings however I feel we’re adequate to nonetheless play better than that.

“The manner the blokes performed within the earlier sport (in Gqeberha) was phenomenal. They got here out and performed with quite a lot of freedom and performed good cricket pictures.

“The bowling as properly. It’s troublesome to bowl towards these guys who’re enjoying such good T20 cricket.

“So I think we did really well. We just lacked in the performance with the batting tonight.”

Captain incredible

After being despatched in to bat, India racked up 201 runs, anchored by a century from captain Suryakumar Yadav who smashed 100 runs off 56 balls (together with seven fours and eight sixes) to take the sport away from the hosts.

Miller credited Yadav for a nice efficiency, main his aspect to a powerful victory.

“He’s a special player and it was a really good knock,” Miller mentioned.

“I think the guys (Proteas bowlers) executed more often than not, and he came out and still managed to hit the fours and sixes. He manages to hit all around the ground and it’s difficult to set a field to him.”

South Africa will face India within the first of three ODI matches on the Wanderers on Sunday.


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