Siraj Steals a Hungry Victory of Elgar After 1000 Tantalizing Runs Against India

Siraj Steals a Hungry Victory of Elgar After 1000 Tantalizing Runs Against India: In the second test, of Day 1, South Africa was defeated by Indian Bowlers and secured the very lowest score of 55 runs. And Dean Elgar got out for only four in the innings of the second test by Mohammad Siraj.

For Elgar, this is his worst performance as he was cheaply Dismissed by Mohammad Siraj for only four runs after completing the 1000 runs against India and guiding the team to a victory by 32 runs win against India.

Dean Elgar announced his retirement a few days before a test series with India, and he thought to make a winning farewell by winning this test series against India.

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But Elgar failed to perform well in the farewell test match starting from the match of Day 1 in the second test. He failed to use the toss correctly.

Elgar was caught in the crease as Siraj came from around the wicket, and got the ball jag back into the batter.

Knocked ‘em overrrr!

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Second Test Match Against India is a Milestone For Elgar

Elgar till now, he completed 1000 runs against India in test cricket, and in his lifetime, he attended 15 tests against India and scored 1000 runs on an average of 41.66 with two hundred to his name.

Even picked a four-wicket haul against India in November 2015, at PCA stadium. In total, he attended 86 test matches and scored 5335 runs at an average of 38.10 with 14 hundreds which shows his efforts.

As Temba Bavuma got injured, Elgar got a chance to lead the team in his farewell test but he ended up losing it.