To put it in a slightly filmy way, in the match in which this captain's bat is in form, his team is winning that match. We are talking about the team Paarl Royals playing in SA20 and its captain David Miller. Paarl Royals has played 5 matches so far in South Africa's T20 league, out of which it has won 4. These four matches are those in which captain David Miller remained unbeaten till the end and returned with the team winning. In the one match in which he was out, the team also had to face defeat. After the first 3 matches of the league, David Miller's phone was stolen. But, he did not let that theft affect his game. In fact, he looked even more dangerous in the two matches played after the phone was stolen. He played a fast innings. And what's more, he wrote the script of the team's fourth victory with a six.
First of all, know when David Miller's phone was stolen? This happened on January 17, i.e. last Friday. David Miller himself shared the information about his phone being lost.
Before the phone was stolen, Paarl Royals played 3 matches in which their captain David Miller scored 17*, 1 and 24* runs. That is, he scored 42 runs in 3 innings. In those 3 matches, Paarl Royals lost 1 match. But after the phone was stolen, when David Miller played the next 2 matches, he faced 56 balls and scored 88 not out. On January 18, he scored 48* runs in 24 balls against Pretoria Capitals. On January 20, Miller played an unbeaten innings of 40 runs in 32 balls against Joburg Super Kings.
In the match played on 20th January against Joburg Super Kings, David Miller won the match for his team with a six. Batting first in this match, Super Kings scored 146 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Paarl Royals chased the target of 147 runs by losing 4 wickets 5 balls earlier. Paarl Royals won this match by 6 wickets, which was their fourth win in the 5 matches played so far in the league. This is also the reason why this team is also at the top of the points table.
