SA vs IND 2024: SA Skipper Dean Elgar Aims to Take Winning Farewell Against India

SA Skipper Dean Elgar Aims to Take Winning Farewell Against India: Dean Elgar unexpectedly captains South Africa, for the 2nd match in Cape Town against India. He is interested in concluding his career in the winning mode.

Just some days before the first test in Pretoria, Elgar announced his retirement from International cricket after the conclusion of the brief series, against the top-ranked Indians.

After the first test against South Africa, Temba Bavuma got injured, and Elgar took the captaincy to lead South Africa in the 2nd test of SA and India.

“Sometimes the Opposition Performs Better Than Us”: Dean Elgar

Due to Elgar’s remarkable performance in the match, they took a win for the first time in the series, and even bowlers made significant contributions to the commanding win against India, due to Elgar being at the crease.

Even in the first test match, Elgar was also named the player of the match for his fine century in the opening test. In the second test that will be held on January 3rd, in Cape Town, Hamza is replacing Bavuma.

Even captain Rohit Sharma told reporters that,

“We won the series in Australia on the back of our batting. We drew the series in England through our batting and bowling. These performances can happen. It doesn’t mean we don’t know how to bat outside India.”

“Sometimes the opposition performs better than us.”

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Shukri Conrad said, “We’ve proven that we can produce players, but sometimes we are too humble. We are quick to talk up other players and don’t give our players enough credit. ”

Names of the Squad Players for South Africa and India.

South Africa: Dean Elgar (capt), Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham, Tristan Stubbs, Zubayr Hamza, Kyle Verreynne (wkt), Marco Jansen, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Nandre Burger.

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, KS Bharat (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran.