South Africa won the first T20I against the Indian team by 7 wickets in Delhi. They have got a 1-0 lead in this series. David Miller played an amazing knock of 64 runs in 31 balls to help South Africa chase the mammoth target of 212 successfully. He smashed all Indian bowlers including Bhuvneshwar Kumar all around the park.
David Miller also grabbed the man of the match award for his brilliant knock. Miller hit 5 monstrous sixes in his knock. He was well supported by Rassie van der Dussen. Proteas Finisher has created a big fear among bowlers with his great form in T20 Cricket this year.
When Bhuvneshwar Kumar was about David Miller’s form, Bhuvneshwar gave a cheeky answer. Bhuvneshwar said: “It is difficult (bowling to Miller). He is in such good form. Main toh chahunga South Africa unhe drop kar de par wo aise karenge nahi (I would want South Africa to drop him but they would not do so).
“He batted so well in the IPL, we know his calibre. Bowling to him would be a challenge.”, Bhuvneshwar Kumar added.
David Miller was in amazing form in the 2022 season of the Indian Premier League. He played the biggest role in the title victory of Gujarat Titans. Miller scored 481 runs at an impactful Strike rate of 143 in IPL 2022.
“We still have a chance to win the series”-Bhuvneshwar Kumar backs Indian team to make comeback in the T20I series
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was hopeful of the Indian team making a good comeback in this T20I series. Bhuvneshwar believes that bowlers were not upto the mark in first T20I and they bowled a lot of loose balls. Bhuvneshwar Kumar said: “We have four games remaining in this series, we have a chance to win the series. We have to bowl better, and we need to bat in the same fashion like the previous game.”
“We discussed what went wrong. It was the first game of the series, everyone is coming out the IPL and almost everyone who is in the team had a good IPL. So everyone knows what needs to be done and the things we can improve on. As a bowling unit, we had an off day and we all want to make a comeback in the second T20I.”, he added.
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