‘I felt like I had let the country down’ - David Miller reflects on heartbreaking T20 World Cup 2024 final loss

Team India recently triumphed in the T20 World Cup 2024, led by Rohit Sharma. The side stayed unbeaten throughout the competition and managed to defeat South Africa in the summit clash of the tournament to get their hands on the title. What was one of the best nights for team India, proved to be one of the worst ones for South Africa. 

Star batter David Miller recently came forward and talked about his emotions after losing the T20 World Cup final in Barbados. He revealed the emotions that he felt after Suryakumar Yadav took the catch at the boundary rope to dismiss him.

South Africa required 16 runs to win in the final over of the game; Hardik Pandya came on to bowl the final over. Off his first ball, Miller hit the ball straight, and it seemed to go for a six. Suryakumar Yadav, however, took a brilliant catch, juggling the ball on the boundary rope.

"Pretty hard to explain, but yeah, I suppose anger is probably one of them. Frustration, disappointment, failure, all these negative things come into your head. I watch a lot of different sports and they always talk about the moment to win the game. And I suppose that was the moment to win the game. And it wasn't to be for me. I took it pretty hard. I felt like I had let the country down, I had let myself and my teammates down. I almost just didn't want to walk off the field,” Miller told ESPNcricinfo. 

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I actually thought I had enough on it: Miller

Furthermore, David Miller was asked if he could go back and play a different shot. The star batter stated that it was about the small margins, and he messed up the connection to the ball. 

"No, I wouldn't have, other than maybe getting a little bit better contact. I wasn't actually expecting a full toss like that. I always do have a full toss in mind, but it caught me a little off guard and I got it just slightly wrong. But it was a little breeze that was kind of coming across us, not necessarily into us, more slightly in and across. So yeah, the margins are so small. I actually thought I had enough on it,” Miller said.