David Miller

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David Miller

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Gulf Giants

Killer Miller, back in Dubai

David Miller's T20 career is defined by innings that should not have been possible. His unbeaten 106 off 47 balls against India in Guwahati in 2022, chasing 238, is the template: he arrived with the game gone, hit eight sixes, and nearly won it alone. He has played more than 100 T20 internationals for South Africa, been to World Cup finals, and played in the IPL for a decade, where his finishing for Gujarat Titans — including a match-winning 94 not out in a chase of 196 — made him one of the league's most valuable players.

• Role: Batter
• Team: Gulf Giants
• Batting: Left-handed
• Bowling: Right-arm off-break
• Born: 10 June 1989

Miller never reached the auction: the Giants retained him first, because letting a finisher of his kind go would have been a gamble they did not want to take. In a batting order full of stars, Miller is the finisher — the player who walks in with five overs left and decides the game.

The left-hander in a right-handed order

Miller's value to the Giants is not only his power but his handedness: he is the only established left-handed batter in their top order, and the player who breaks up the right-handed sequence of Buttler, Klaasen, Livingstone and Gurbaz. Left-right combinations at the crease force bowlers to change their lines and captains to move their fields, and in a short tournament those small edges add up. He bats at five or six, behind the top order, and his brief is to finish what they start.

His experience matters too. Miller has played in World Cup finals, IPL finals, and title races in every major league. When a chase needs 50 off the last three overs, he is the player the dressing room looks to — and the player the opposition fears most.

A batting order with no end

Gulf Giants' batting is the strongest in the league on paper: Buttler, Klaasen, Miller and Livingstone can each win a match on their own, and Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran open the innings. Miller is the player who makes that batting order complete — the finisher who turns a good total into a winning one, and a losing chase into a won one. The side does not stop batting until the tail, and Miller is the reason why.

What’s next

The Giants open away from home, and their finisher gets his first outing in Sharjah: Sharjah Warriorz on Sunday 22 November, in the afternoon.

• Match 2 — vs Sharjah Warriorz: Sunday 22 November 2026, afternoon session, Sharjah.
• Match 5 — vs MI Emirates: Tuesday 24 November 2026, evening session, Dubai.
• Match 10 — vs Dubai Capitals: Saturday 28 November 2026, evening session, Dubai.

Qualifier 1 is on Tuesday 16 December, the Eliminator on Wednesday 17 December, Qualifier 2 on Friday 18 December in Sharjah, and the final on Sunday 20 December in Dubai.

Every fixture, date and session is on the ILT20 Schedule page. SialTV will carry every result as it happens, with the points table updated after every match day.