David Miller made headlines with his decision not to take a single when DC needed two runs from the final two balls to win the match. However, Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar doesn’t see much fault in his approach, as he was confident of hitting a big shot on the final delivery. At the same time, Gavaskar admitted that Miller should have given Kuldeep the strike on the second-last ball as well.
“Yes, he was backing himself to hit the winning runs, but having seen the way Kuldeep Yadav nudged that ball for a single off the first ball, maybe he should have given Kuldeep the strike,” Gavaskar said after the match.
“He should have given the strike. This is all being wise after the event, but the fact remains that the way he had been hitting the previous over and that over as well, he believed that he could do it, simple as that. So you can’t fault him for that. He had the confidence that he could do it, but it didn’t come off because the ball that Prasidh Krishna bowled was an absolutely superb delivery,” he shared again.
Meanwhile, former England captain Kevin Pietersen also shared his views on this incident, suggesting Miller was confident of at least getting a single on the final ball of the match after denying the strike to Kuldeep as well.
“I think purely based on the fact that he thought that from that last delivery, he would guarantee to get one at least. And if not one, he would strike it out of the ground because he’s that good at striking the ball out of the ground. So that’s where his mind would have been. Does he want to risk Kuldeep or Kuldeep getting out?” Pietersen said.
“Yes, they’ve tied the game, and yes, they’ve got the super over, but he thought from that final delivery, I’ll definitely get one. The worst case is one. I’m not going to miss it. Best case, I’ll get a 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. That’s where he was at,” he concluded.
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