David Miller looking forward to the challenge of captaining SA

Standin Proteas T20 International T20I captain David Miller is looking forward to the challenge of captaining South Africa in their threematch series against England starting in Bristol on WednesdayThe tourists face the hosts on successive days starting with the clash at the Seat Unique Stadium and followed by another in Cardiff on Thursday The series concludes with a trip to Hampshire on SundayStar batsman Miller is leading the visitors in the absence of injured skipper Temba Bavuma and is hopeful of a good outing against the EnglishI have captained a few times in my career so far and what I have learnt is that things do get a little bit crazy and frantic out there he said at a preseries press conference Its just about having your clear plans along with staying as calm as possibleIve already done a bit of prep and hopefully will be nice and prepared for tomorrow leading into the next couple gamesThe two sides concluded their threematch OneDay International ODI series on Sunday a sequence of games that ended 11 after the final game was washed due to rainAlso Read Watch MS Dhoni makes hilarious cameo appearance in an Instagram live with Rohit Sharma Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar YadavKeshav Maharaj led the team for that series and now Miller has stepped in for this one The standin captain admitted that Bavumas unavailability was not ideal but felt that it provided an opportunity for others who had performed well domestically to stake a claim in the national setupIt does become quite challenging when there are injuries and stuff Miller said But its part of the game and for the last year or yearandahalf weve got together a squad that were pretty comfortable with at the momentSo with Temba not being here it doesnt really help but it does allow for us to get a closer look at other players around the country leading into the World CupSome of the relatively new faces in the mix for this series include batsmen Rilee Rossouw and Tristan Stubbs together with paceman Gerald CoetzeeMeanwhile England themselves have been getting use to life under a new captain after Jos Buttler stepped up following the retirement of Eoin MorganMiller conceded that the hosts will present a tough challenge although he was confident the South Africans will be preparedHe added The England team has come a long way in the last couple of years They are a formidable team Jos has played a lot under Eoin Morgan hes got great experience and has travelled all around the world he plays IPL and has done extremely well on the international circuitsSo I do think that they are a serious team But to counter that weve got a serious team as well I think its going to be a good seriesThis 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