“You always want to play every game, but such is the IPL, the structure of it with only four overseas [players in the XI], the combinations become really important for the team,” Miller said. “So I have been around. This is not my first IPL, so I kind of understand the make-up, and [it is] just really to give positive feedback to the rest of the squad, always being positive and give what I can towards the team remains really important for me.
“And then just waiting for my opportunity to come again – if it does come around for the rest of the season or not, I just want to remain ready, prepare really well, that is what us players like to do.”
That was one of DC’s six losses in ten games, which is why they are at No. 7 on the points table.
“And it is not one particular area the whole time, it is just little phases here and there. And when the opposition teams are really strong and competitive, you really have to be on your game at all stages because any team can beat anyone. Bottom of the table or top of the table, it is really competitive.”
“The pitches have been a bit different. I mean it is not impossible to play. I think we scored around 260 [264 against Punjab Kings, which was chased down], then there have been one or two low scores, so it has been a little bit different,” Miller said. “But look, that is the nature of cricket. You are always having to adapt to the conditions and what lies in front of you. I think potentially chasing might be an option to see what total you have to score on a wicket that you are not too sure what it is going to do.
“I think with the batting, it is pretty clear the games that we have not done too well, we have lost wickets in clusters. Two, three, four wickets [close to each other]. And it puts us into positions where we have to rebuild and then obviously try and get a total that is competitive.
“And then there are moments here and there where we have dropped a couple of catches that potentially could have changed the outcome of the game.”