Delhi: South African star batsman David Miller expressed displeasure at the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the Champions Trophy 2025 defeat against New Zealand.
Both Group B semi -finalist teams, South Africa and Australia, reached Dubai after finishing their group stage matches. The reason for this was that India will face India in the first semi -finals.
After India’s victory over New Zealand, South Africa had to return to Pakistan again, as their semi -finals were to be played in Lahore. At the same time, Australia’s semi -final match took place in Dubai with India. Miller did not call this additional journey an ideal situation.
There was no ideal situation at all
Miller said, “The flight was only one hour 40 minutes, but we had to travel this, which was not right. It was a morning flight, we had to travel after the match. Then we reached Dubai at 4 pm and we had to return at 7:30 am. It is not that we took a five -hour flight, and we had enough time to recover and be healthy. But this was not an ideal situation at all. “
In this semi -final match, Miller batted brilliantly and scored a century in just 67 balls. This is the fastest century in the history of the Champions Trophy. Earlier, this record was in the name of Virender Sehwag for 23 years. He scored a century in 77 balls against England in 2002.
However, despite Miller’s brilliant innings, South Africa lost by 50 runs to New Zealand. Now New Zealand will play the final against India at Dubai International Stadium on 9 March.
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