David Miller and Rashid Khan propelled Gujarat Titans to a thumping victory over Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets. The Proteas batsman slammed 94 runs off 51 balls studded with 8 boundaries and 6 sixes.
Meanwhile, Rashid Khan, who was leading GT in the absence of Hardik Pandya, scored 40 runs off 21 balls. Post-match, Abhinav Manohar, the star Indian uncapped cricketer said that he sat at one place throughout David Miller’s batting and enjoyed it a lot.
CSK posted a respectable total of 169 runs off 5 wickets in 20 overs. Ruturaj Gaikwad looked in good batting form and managed 73 runs with the help of 5 sixes and as many boundaries. Ambati Rayudu also batted well and muscled 46 runs off 31 deliveries.
Abhinav Manohar says Miller played a blinder vs CSK
Gujarat Titans got to a poor start as they lost their 4 wickets at a score of 48 runs. It looked like CSK will go home registering an easy 2nd consecutive win. But that didn’t happen and David Miller had some different plans.
After a long time, fans got to witness the old ” Killer Miller” against Chennai Super Kings. The southpaw was smashing CSK bowlers all across the park. He gathered 8 boundaries and 6 sixes during his unbeaten 94-run knock. In the final over, GT needed 13 runs to win the game. Miller went for a six on the 3rd delivery followed by a boundary on the 4th delivery of the over. On the penultimate delivery of the final over, Miller scored two runs in order to grab a thrilling win over CSK.
Post-Match, Abhinav Manohar said that David Miller played a world-class knock against CSK. He added that during his batting he was sitting at one place and didn’t miss out on a single delivery.
“Miller played a blinder, and so did Rashid. I was sitting in the same place, I didn’t move. It was a great team effort today. Lots of pressure for Rashid today, he bowled well. There is no pressure from the management, I just want to go out there and express myself, so I am enjoying myself,” he said after the match.
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