David Miller picks his all-time T20 XI, names AB de Villiers as captain

South Africa and Rajasthan Royals batter David Miller picked his all-time T20 XI during a recent interaction with his IPL franchise. The explosive batter opted against including himself, with his compatriot AB de Villiers named as the captain of his team, which had as many as five South Africa players, two Indians and West Indians each, and one each from Australia and Sri Lanka.

Miller had a rather daunting pace attack, including the likes of Australian speedster Brett Lee and South African legend Dale Steyn, while he chose Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga as his third pacer. He included a solitary spinner in Imran Tahir, while he interestingly picked Lance Klusner as one of his three all-rounders alongside West Indies Kieron Pollard and Yuvraj Singh from India.

Miller chose his openers in T20 globetrotter Chris Gayle and Quinton de Kock, with India and former RCB skipper Virat Kohli following at No. 3 alongside the skipper of his XI de Villiers. The three all-rounders follow, with Klusner slotted at No. 6, followed by Pollard at No. 7.

David Miller’s All-time T20 XI: Chris Gayle, Quinton de Kock (WK), Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers (C), Yuvraj Singh, Lance Klusener, Kieron Pollard, Brett Lee, Dale Steyn, Lasith Malinga and Imran Tahir.

A bowling attack led by @BrettLee_58 and @DaleSteyn62 😵

Here’s @DavidMillerSA12’s All-Time T20I XI! 👀#T20WorldCup | #RoyalsFamily | #AUSvSA pic.twitter.com/OpsjGBftxu

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) October 23, 2021

A veteran of 350 T20s himself, Miller was recently active in the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL), but he only played three fixtures for the Rajasthan Royals, scoring 22 runs in two innings. He is a part of the South Africa squad for the T20 World Cup 2021, where the team will open their Super12 campaign against Australia on October 23.

The team will next play West Indies on October 26 in Dubai, followed by Sri Lanka on October 30 in Sharjah, Bangladesh on November 2 in Abu Dhabi and England on November 6 in Sharjah.

South Africa T20 World Cup Squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen

Reserves: George Linde, Andile Phehlukwayo and Lizaad Williams