Gujarat Titans (GT) batter David Miller says the franchise is not complaining as long as the reigning IPL champions find a way to seal close matches. His words came after GT’s win over Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Lucknow thanks to KL Rahul’s inexplicable approach in the chase.
Chasing a paltry 136, LSG were going strong with their skipper’s fifty but they ended up choking to go down by seven runs at their home ground on Saturday.
On a difficult pitch to bat on, GT somehow managed to post 135/6 with Hardik Pandya making 66 and Wriddhiman Saha scoring 47. In reply, KL Rahul made 68 in 61 and was dismissed in the last over. However, inexplicably from a position of needing 30 runs in almost the last six overs, LSG lost the plot and choked badly to lose by 7 runs in the end.
“Momentum is big in this competition and coming back from a close win gives us a lot of boosting in games to come. If you look at the next 10 days, there will be quite a few games back-to-back and so it’s a good time to step it up and be ready for every challenge,” Miller said ahead of the game against MI.
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“Even when we have had errors in certain areas and played not-so-good cricket, we have been still coming out on top and I think we are finding ways to win which is very important. The plan is to get into a winning momentum but I think we are playing great cricket. Just finding ways to win and wanting to continually win big occasions and if we get a few wins in the next 10 days, we will go well into the back end of IPL,” he added.
He further added that the GT bowling attack has gained immense confidence from having defended a paltry total of 135 runs against LSG.
“The last one in Lucknow was a huge win for us as a bowling unit. We haven’t defended in two games we lost and it was important for bowlers to get over the line and the team get a huge lift in morale. Very chuffed how guys executed,” Miller added.
GT will face MI on April 25 in Ahmedabad.
(PTI inputs)
