David Miller IPL teams: The South African batter is currently playing for his third Indian Premier League franchise.
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South Africa batter David Miller has reintroduced himself to the map of Indian Premier League after playing a match-winning knock for Gujarat Titans against Chennai Super Kings in Pune.
Miller, 32, scored his 39th T20 half-century, 11th in the IPL and first-ever for GT to play a titular role in sealing a 170-run chase after a top-order collapse. Coming in to bat at No. 5 in the fifth over, Miller contributed with 94* (51) with the help of eight fours and six sixes to be declared the Player of the Match in the IPL after as many as nine years.
The same also speaks a lot about how Miller had lost a lot of his hard-hitting reputation in the IPL in the recent years. The fact this is only Miller’s third IPL half-century since 2016 further elucidates how the left-handed batter had failed to live up to his potential lately.
David Miller has seldom been consistent in the IPL.
Tonight, however, was something else.
Top innings.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) April 17, 2022
While this victory wouldn’t have been possible without stand-in captain Rashid Khan hitting two fours and three sixes in his 21-ball 40, Miller striking at 184.31 for almost 15 overs speaks highly about the outstanding nature of this innings.
With Gujarat requiring 13 runs in the last over, a confident Miller decided to take strike throughout the over hitting CSK pacer Chris Jordan for a six and four to win the match with a ball to spare.
David Miller IPL teams
Miller, who had made his IPL debut for Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2012, had represented them for eight seasons in a row before moving to Rajasthan Royals for a couple of seasons.
While Miller had scored 1,850 runs at a strike rate of 138.78 for Punjab, his 124 runs for Rajasthan had come at a strike rate of 109.73. Hence, them not buying them him again this season wasn’t a surprise.
| Team | Duration | Matches | Runs | Highest | Average | SR | 50s | 100s |
| Kings XI Punjab | 2012-2019 | 79 | 1850 | 101* | 34.26 | 138.78 | 9 | 1 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 2020-2021 | 10 | 124 | 62 | 20.67 | 109.73 | 1 | 0 |
| Gujarat Titans | 2022-present | 15 | 449 | 94* | 64.14 | 141.19 | 2 | 0 |
David Miller century in IPL
It is almost impossible to discuss Miller’s IPL record without mentioning his career-best 101* (38) with the help of eight fours and seven sixes to seal a 191-run chase against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mohali nine years ago.
