Miller cautious about series

It has been a rather different tour for South Africa's middle order batsman David Miller. He didn't get a chance to bat in the first ODI and the only time he spent a significant amount of time at the crease -- the second T20I -- saw him amble across for a cautious 28-ball 30.

It may not have been a typically aggressive innings, but he stayed on for the visitors till the very end and ensured that South Africa post a powerful total.

That's just how committed South Africa's batsmen have been throughout this tour so far. The wicket has seen a remarkable change from the series against India and Pakistan and the sole reason behind that was to test the visitors with spin and not give their pacers any advantage.

Batsmen like Faf du Plessis, Miller and Rilee Rossouw sweated it out in the middle and in the end got their due dividends. While the scorecard of the tour suggests that the visitors are merely ambling through, the reality though is that they have had to really work hard to adjust to the heat and the wickets here.

And it's an aspect that Miller talked about during the pre-match press conference at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

"I think we have been challenged. It has been tough conditions. Bangladesh are really playing well at the moment. [They have] obviously done well in the last couple of months. But for us… we just want to concentrate on what we need to do… just concentrating on the interior of our team and not the Bangladeshi side," said Miller.

"It has always been a challenge in the sub-continent… to come here and get a good result. So we are proud of ourselves. These are tough conditions.

"You have to be mentally strong in whatever situation you are in and be up for the challenge. The Proteas have done that really well in the past and we would like to continue it this tour and months to come," said Miller.

While it's obvious that Miller and company will look to win the series today, the South African though was keener on taking the match phase by phase.

"We would love to wrap up the series. But we have to concentrate on one ball at a time and cut it down into ten-over spaces. We just really bring it down to little targets in the game and finish them off. The results will come," said Miller.

While the visitors are favourites to take the series in Mirpur today, Miller barely depicted a complacent vibe.

"They are definitely not going to go down without a fight. We know that they are going to be up for a good match tomorrow and we are as well. We know it is going to be great challenge," said Miller.