IPL 2026: ‘It’s about personal pride and wanting to close out games' David Miller

Delhi Capitals DC batter David Miller said personal pride and experience helped him remain calm during highpressure situations as DC pulled off a record run chase against Punjab Kings PBKS to keep their IPL 2026 playoff hopes aliveDelhi Capitals chased down 211 with three wickets in hand at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Monday registering the highest successful IPL chase in the stadiums historyMiller played a pivotal role in the victory with a crucial 51run knock after DC were left reeling at 142 and later 383 in the massive chase Captain Axar Patel led the recovery with a blazing 56 while debutant Madhav Tiwarirsquos fearless 18 off eight balls helped seal the contest late in the inningsSpeaking after the match Miller said the motivation to finish games strongly comes from personal standards regardless of the opposition ldquoI think it goes beyond that Itrsquos more just personal pride and in wanting to close out games whichever team I play for Miller said in a video released by IPL on X ldquoYeah obviously a good feeling to do it against them Obviously disappointed to get out when I did but I think Axar played so so wellThe South African batter admitted Delhi had struggled for consistency this season and said the victory was important for restoring momentum ldquoAnd wersquove obviously struggled to get a couple of wins here and there And itrsquos nice to get another win on the belt and play for some pride and get back on winning ways So yeah itrsquos a good winrdquo he saidldquoI think thatrsquos what I suppose experience comes in you know when yoursquore sort of a tough moment you always look back on past experiences that yoursquove achieved and accomplished So it gives you confidence in that situation And obviously Irsquove played quite a lot so I had a couple of good knocks every now and again and it was nice to fall back on thatrdquo he addedMiller reserved special praise for IPL debutant Madhav Tiwari whose late cameo shifted the momentum decisively in Delhirsquos favourTiwari struck boundaries at crucial moments and combined with Ashutosh Sharma to collect 19 runs in the 18th over before DC completed the chase with six balls remaining The young allrounder also took two crucial wicketsSo hersquos been working hard this season and putting in good shifts and bowling really well and itrsquos always nice to see the guys working hard and then getting an opportunity to do well And therersquos a lot of pressure out there not having to play for the whole season and then coming to play this So I suppose a lot of pressure on himself but managing to get over the line and doing that for the team was really really good Miller saidMeanwhile after this win the Delhi Capitals are placed at seventh position with 10 points in 12 matchesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever