David Miller creates history for SA, achieves what AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis have not

David Miller creates history for SA, achieves what AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis have not

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South African star David Miller has tasted a piece of history during the ongoing SA20 tournament

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Playing for Paarl Royals in the Eliminator of the SA20 against Joburg Super Kings, Miller stood like a lone warrior and scored 47 when the rest had underwhelming outings

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He has now created a historical record that even the likes of AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis have not been able to do so far

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Miller has become the first South African player to score 10000 runs in T20s

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The Proteas star needed 28 runs before the start of the game to reach the elusive milestone and he did so with his lone hand in the Eliminator

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Miller's knock powered the Royals to 138. The next best score was Jason Roy's 24

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Miller is the 12th batter overall to reach the 10K mark in T20 cricket

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Notably, before the start of the game, Faf du Plessis, who is captain of Joburg Super Kings, had 9629 runs to his name

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AB de Villiers is the next Proteas star on the list with 9424 runs to his name. Quinton de Kock is next with 9323 runs

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