Come Back, Rise, Regret, and Another What if Story for David Miller

Should I have taken that? Single is a question David Miller has been kicking himself over for a while now. Two to get off two balls, take a single and leave it to Kuldeep, worst case scenario is a super over. David Miller did not want that. He was in the groove. He was ruling the game, and he backed himself to get two off the Final ball.

The Lead-Up

In the 13th over of the game, a blow to the left hand had David Miller retire hurt when the game was hanging in the balance. A lot rested on KL Rahul, who batted like a man possessed. Timing the ball and clearing the fence with ease. Wickets, though, went around him with Rashid Khan spinning his own web on the Delhi batters. 12 off 10, David Miller walks off. 81 to get in 7 overs. He walks off and is followed in succession by Axar Patel and Tristin Stubbs, who lose their wickets. Pressure rising on Rahul as David Miller comes for a second chance.

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Gujarat is the favorite, but Delhi is in with a chance as long as Rahul is around. David Miller, though, showed that he is not one to be counted out. If Rahul can clear the fence, David Miller can clear the stands. The South African who has witnessed heartbreak after heartbreak since 2013 for his nation had a team resting on his shoulders again. Pressure is nothing new to him, and succumbing to pressure, unfortunately, isn't as well.

The Final Over Showdown

He shows no respect, hitting his countrymen, Kagiso Rabada, over the fence to keep the rate manageable with 36 needed in two overs. From the dismissed Rahul, the responsibility shifted. A game long gone was kept alive. The 19th over though, changed the complexion with David Miller feeding into the bowling of Mohammad Siraj. He took him apart with 23 runs in the over leave 13 for the final over. Vipraj Nigam made the task easier with a boundary on the first ball. At 8 off 3, though, David Miller delivered what was to be the killing blow.

It was in the arc, and David Miller swung it out of the park in his own style. It was a face-off between him and Prasidh Krishna in the final over. The two had a face-off before as well, when David Miller, playing for Gujarat, took on Rajasthan in the qualifier 1 back in 2022. Facing Prasidh Krishna with 16 to get back then, David Miller hit three sixers to kill the game. A repeat looked likely, Prasidh Krishna, though, was having none of it as he was in for his own revenge story. Absolute cinema. A face-off with history, and David Miller did the unthinkable. Hitting the ball well to square leg, an easy single was on offer to tie the game with a ball to go. David Miller, though, backing himself to win off the final ball, refused the single.

A short ball, and David Miller was left swinging for air. He tried to sneak a bye, but Jos Buttler was a step ahead. A direct hit, and Kuldeep Yadav was left on the ground short of his mark. Gujarat won, and David Miller now stands thinking about what could have been yet again. Could he have backed himself in the super over, especially considering he won one a few months ago in the World Cup? A lot of what-ifs as Delhi goes back now to the drawing board, looking at what could have been and what isn't