DTVHINDISA vs IND 2023-24: Dean Elgar could not show his strength with the bat in the farewell test, but the respect he received from the South Africa team brought tears to his eyes.
Dean Elgar failed to play a big innings against India in the Cape Town Test. Dean Elgar. (Image Source: X) India’s tour of South Africa 2023-24, SA vs IND: South Africa’s stand-in captain Dean Elgar (Dean Elgar) Today i.e. on 4th January, he was seen playing international cricket for his country for the last time. Let us tell you, Team India defeated South Africa by seven wickets in Cape Town and leveled the Test series 1-1. On the other hand, Dean Elgar has retired from Test cricket with the second and final played between South Africa and India at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town. South Africa team gave guard of honor to Dean Elgar in SA vs IND second test Meanwhile, Dean Elgar was given a guard of honor by his teammates as he took the field for the last time as a Proteas cricketer on the second day of the South Africa vs India second Test in Cape Town on January 4. This was a very emotional moment for the veteran cricketer. Read here: SA vs IND: ‘More than what Ash did to you…’- King Kohli gave a sharp reply to Dean Elgar in the field Elgar, who announced his retirement from international cricket before the start of the home Test series against the Indian cricket team, was given a warm welcome by the fans at the Newlands Cricket Ground. The South African captain also accepted the greetings of the fans by waving his hand and thanked them. After which the South African cricket team gave him a guard of honor in honor of Dean Elgar at Newlands Cricket Ground. During this time, the star batsman was looking happy and emotional, the video of which is now going viral on social media. Watch the viral video here – pic.twitter.com/NyNMqtgRI6 — Sanju Here 🤞| Alter Ego (@me_sanjureddy) January 4, 2024 Let us tell you, 36-year-old Elgar, who played a match-winning innings of 186 runs in the Centurion Test against India, failed to play a big innings in the Cape Town Test. South Africa’s stand-in captain scored only 4 and 12 in the two innings of the second Test. Scored runs. He finished his career with 5331 runs in 85 Test matches. Elgar scored a total of 14 centuries and 23 Test half-centuries in his Test career. Top 10 teams making lowest scores against India in Test cricket These 5 Indian batsmen have never been able to score a Test century in South Africa These 10 big records will be broken in international cricket in 2023 7 big pictures of the year 2023 which made headlines 5 bowlers who will take the most wickets in test cricket in the year 2023 5 big cricketers who will retire from international cricket in 2023 5 Indian bowlers who have taken 500 wickets in the fewest innings in international cricket 4 South African opening batsmen who have scored 50+ scores most times in Test cricket Best playing 11 of the year 2023 5 batsmen who have scored the most centuries in…
SA vs IND: King Kohli has no ‘Attitude’, bowed in respect and hugged Dean Elgar and gave a wonderful farewell
Dean Elgar lost wickets in the first innings (4 runs) and in the second innings (12 runs). Virat Kohli Dean Elgar (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Dean Elgar and Virat Kohli: South Africa and India The second test match between is being played in an exciting manner in Cape Town. South African captain Dean Elgar who is playing the last Test match of his career. In this match, Dean Elgar won the toss and decided to bat. The team was all out for 55 runs in the first innings. Dean Elgar lost wickets in the first innings (4 runs) and in the second innings (12 runs). Dean Elgar could not make the last Test match memorable. Virat Kohli took a brilliant catch and showed Dean Elgar the way to the pavilion. But Virat Kohli also did a special thing, the video of which is going viral on social media. Virat Kohli bowed in respect of Dean Elgar In the 11th over, Virat Kohli caught Dean Elgar off the ball of Mukesh Kumar, and his brilliant career came to an end. After catching the catch, Virat Kohli bowed in respect to Dean Elgar and hugged him. Virat Kohli also prohibited his fellow players from celebrating. The Indian players present in the field were also seen clapping in honor of Dean Elgar and shaking hands with him. Dean Elgar also thanked the fans present in the stadium and proceeded towards the dressing room for the last time. Watch that video here- Virat Kohli was bowing down to Dean Elgar and asked team not to celebrate his wicket because it’s his last test match Innings. You can’t hate this man. pic.twitter.com/5lEZnlAct0 — Sayam Ahmad (@sayam_ahmad_) January 3, 2024 Dean Elgar’s career has been like this Dean Elgar made his Test debut against Australia at the WACA Ground on 30 November 2012. Dean Elgar has scored 5347 runs in 152 innings of 86 matches at an average of 37.65 and strike rate of 47.78. His highest score in test is 199 runs. Whereas Dean Elgar made his ODI debut against England in 2012. He has scored 104 runs in 8 matches at an average of 17.33 and strike rate of 58.76. His highest score in ODI is 42 runs. Talking about the third Test match between South Africa and India, after the first day’s play, South Africa has scored 62 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in the second innings. The team is 36 runs behind India. Team India was all out for 153 runs in the first innings. Virat Kohli played the highest innings (46 runs).
SA vs IND: ‘More than what Ash did to you…’- King Kohli gave a sharp reply to Dean Elgar in the field
Virat Kohli was on his way to a good innings for India, but lost the wicket (46 runs). Virat Kohli Dean Elgar (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Virat Kohli: India and South Africa The second test match between is being played in an exciting manner in Cape Town. After winning the toss and opting to bat first, South Africa was all out for 55 runs in the first innings due to the magical spell of Mohammed Siraj. Team India which was looking brilliant in the first innings, but then got all out for 153 runs due to the brilliant bowling of Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi. Virat Kohli was heading towards a good innings for India, but lost the wicket (46 runs). Virat Kohli survived a close lbw call during the first innings. After which Virat Kohli gave a sharp reply to South African captain Dean Elgar, the video of which is going viral on social media. Virat Kohli gave a befitting reply to Dean Elgar In the first innings of the second test match, Virat Kohli was looking brilliant from the beginning. Kohli had hit three fours in the first five balls. During the 24th over, Marco Jensen’s ball hit Virat Kohli’s pad. The onfield umpire declared it not out. But then the African captain took a review, there was an umpire call due to which Virat Kohli was saved. After the end of the over, Dean Elgar was seen teasing Kohli and said that he was saved due to a close call. Responding to which Kohli reminded him that this is much more than his (Dean Elgar) controversial lbw call during the third Test between the two teams at the same venue in 2022. Kohli’s voice was captured on the stump mic, saying, ‘This was much better than what Ash (Ashwin) did to you in 2022.’ Virat Kohli survives an umpire’s call. Dean Elgar: “Oh you’ve survived a close one” Virat Kohli: “Oh please this was much higher than what you got from Ash in 2021″😭😭😭pic.twitter.com/fxbHXxm5lQ — MAGNUM (@magnum_vk18) January 3, 2024 Something like this happened in 2022 South Africa needed 212 runs to win the third Test match and series in 2022. South Africa had lost 1 wicket at the score of 70. Ashwin came to bowl in the 23rd over and almost trapped Dean Elgar in his net. The onfield umpire declared out, but then ball tracking revealed that the ball was going over the stump. After which the entire Team India was shocked.
Dean Elgar wants to bid farewell to international Test cricket in a grand manner
Dean Elgar had scored 185 runs in 287 balls with the help of five fours in the first Test match. Dean Elgar. (Photo Source: Twitter) The second and final Test match between South Africa and India starts from January 3 in Cape Town. This will be the last Test match of experienced South African batsman Dean Elgar. After this test match, Dean Elgar is going to retire from international test cricket. Let us tell you, in the first test match played between these two teams, the South African team had performed very well and won the match by an innings and 32 runs. Dean Elgar batted very well in this match and played an important role in his team’s victory. Dean Elgar had scored 185 runs in 287 balls with the help of five fours in the first Test match. Before the second Test match, the experienced batsman said, ‘I play matches only to win. I just don’t care at all what the statistics say. I only care about winning. I have shared many memorable moments with the team and all the players are very nice. You don’t reach the top by winning a Test series but for me it is like winning the World Cup. This is because I have never got a chance to play in the World Cup. This is my area and I want to win it. This is a big test for all of us: Dean Elgar Dean Elgar further said, ‘We all know very well that now we cannot lose this Test series. The New Year Test at Newlands will be very memorable for all of us. No one would want this Test series to be a draw because it would make us feel that we have lost this series. This is a very big series for all of us. At this time we are not thinking at all that this series should remain a draw. We are playing with the intention of winning this. To captain your team and that too against India is really a great honour. The Indian team is a power house and we are currently in a position where it can be said that we can win this series 2-0. These 10 big records will be broken in international cricket in 2023 7 big pictures of the year 2023 which made headlines 5 bowlers who will take the most wickets in test cricket in the year 2023 5 big cricketers who will retire from international cricket in 2023 5 Indian bowlers who have taken 500 wickets in the fewest innings in international cricket 4 South African opening batsmen who have scored 50+ scores most times in Test cricket Best playing 11 of the year 2023 5 batsmen who have scored the most centuries in test cricket away from home (active players) 5 Indian players who have scored the most runs in Tests against South Africa (Active Players) 6 Indian batsmen who scored centuries in South Africa
SA v IND: “Please bowl him a little early in the next match…”- Irfan Pathan’s special plan to dismiss Dean Elgar
Dean Elgar & Irfan Pathan (Photo Source: Getty Images) Former Indian veteran all-rounder Irfan Pathan questioned the team’s strategy against former South African captain Dean Elgar in the opening Test of the two-match series in Centurion. Playing in his last series after announcing his retirement, the 36-year-old blew away India’s bowling with a brilliant inning of 185 runs off 287 balls. His innings gave the host team a huge lead of 163 runs in the first innings. Due to his innings, South Africa had to bat only one innings in the test match. South Africa won the match Winning by an innings and 32 runs, they took a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series. While talking to Star Sports after that match, Irfan Pathan said that Dean Elgar is weak against the short pitch ball and he is not able to score runs easily there. But the Indian bowlers could not take that advantage against them. Please bowl short pitch balls to Dean Elgar a little sooner in the next match – Irfan Pathan Pathan said, “Elgar has trouble against short pitch balls. When he was batting at 60-70 runs, you bowled him short balls. In the next match, please bowl them short balls quickly. He was out on short balls 4 times against Australia. I also talked about it in the commentary. You have to bowl very well in the second match to level the series.” Let us tell you that, this was Elgar’s 14th Test century in 85 matches and his second century against India, his batting average in 14 Test matches against India was 43.30. With Temba Bavuma injured, the left-handed batsman will captain South Africa in the second Test starting on January 3 in Cape Town. Also read: Richa Ghosh’s innings of 96 runs went in vain, India lost by 3 runs
In Centurion, KL Rahul from India and Dean Elgar from South Africa scored important centuries for their respective teams.
By the end of the second day’s play, South Africa had scored 256 runs after losing five wickets in 66 overs. KL Rahul and Dean Elgar (Pic Source-Twitter) Currently South Africa and India The first test match is being played at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. The play on the second day of this test match was ended early due to bad light. By the end of the second day’s play, South Africa had scored 256 runs after losing five wickets in 66 overs. In this match, the Indian team scored 245 runs after losing all the wickets in its first innings. The best player of the team, KL Rahul played a valuable inning of 101 runs in 137 balls with the help of 14 fours and four sixes. He did not spare any of the South African bowlers and hit everyone hard. Not only this, Virat Kohli contributed 38 runs while Shreyas Iyer played an excellent inning of 31 runs. For South Africa, Kagiso Rabada took 5 wickets for 59 runs in 20 overs while Nandre Burger took three wickets. Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee took 1 wicket each. Experienced player Dean Elgar scored an excellent century for South Africa. In reply, by the end of the second day’s play, South Africa had scored 256 runs after losing 5 wickets in 66 overs. For the host side, experienced batsman Dean Elgar played a brilliant inning of 140* runs in 211 balls with the help of 23 fours. Apart from Dean Elgar, Tony de Zorzi contributed 28 runs while David Bedingham played a valuable inning of 56 runs in 87 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. Marco Jansen has scored 3* runs in 13 balls by the end of the second day’s play. For India, till now Jasprit Bumrah has taken two wickets for 48 runs in 16 overs while Mohammad Siraj has also taken two wickets. Prasidh Krishna has taken one wicket in his name. So far, South Africa has a lead of 11 runs over the Indian team. Stumps on Day 2 🏏 Bad light forced play to be called off for the day, with South Africa leading with 11 runs. Can India pull off things in their favor tomorrow?#SAvIND #SouthAfrica #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/6kPwTjGRyw — OneCricket (@OneCricketApp) December 27, 2023 DAY 2 STUMPS: SA-256/5 (66) ELGAR-140* SA LEAD BY 11 RUNS BUMRAH- 2/48 (16) SIRAJ – 2/63 (15) Tomorrow we will come back stronger#SAvIND #RohitSharma #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/8gecYBAFtY — Gaurav Fighter (@GauravHrithiks) December 27, 2023 And it’s Stumps on Day 2 at Centurion, with bad light forcing the umpires to call off play South Africa 🇿🇦 end the day 11 runs ahead with five wickets in hand, thanks primarily to Dean Elgar’s (140*) heroic ton.#SAvIND Day 2 Recap: https://t.co/IYEqOXYxkx — Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) December 27, 2023 A supremely stupendous day for the hosts as they end Day 2 on 256-5, leading by 11 A truly magnificent knock from Dean Elgar, who will start tomorrow on 140* #SAvIND —ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) December 27, 2023 Day 2 Stumps…
