Former South Africa captain Dean Elgar is about to retire from international cricket after the two-match Test collection towards India. Elgar, who captained South Africa in 17 Test matches, performed 92 matches for his nation throughout codecs and is the Eighth main run-scorer within the red-ball format. Elgar, who made his debut for the Proteas in 2012 will carry an finish to his 12-year profession and if he performs each matches, he would have performed 86 Tests for South Africa joint-Eleventh for his facet alongside Morne Morkel.
In a Cricket South Africa (CSA) launch, Elgar stated, “As they are saying, ‘all good issues come to an finish’, and the Indian residence collection might be my final, as I’ve made the choice to retire from our lovely recreation. A recreation that has given me a lot. The Cape Town Test might be my final. My favorite stadium on the earth. A spot I scored my first Test run towards New Zealand and hopefully my final too.
“Playing the game of cricket has always been a dream of mine but having the opportunity to represent your country is the ultimate. Having had the privilege to do it for 12 years internationally is simply beyond my wildest dreams. It has been an incredible journey that I have been fortunate enough to have,” Elgar added.
The 36-year-old then thanked his mother and father, his spouse, his kids, his sponsors and Cricket South Africa for all of the help all through his profession and talked about that his focus is now completely on doing effectively within the two Test matches towards India and successful the collection. Elgar, who was changed by Temba Bavuma as captain in Test matches earlier this 12 months, was made the full-time skipper in 2021. Under Elgar, South Africa received a collection within the West Indies, towards India and drew towards New Zealand. South Africa misplaced to England 1-2 and Australia 0-3 earlier than he was eliminated from the management function.
Elgar has scored 5,146 runs in 84 matches at a mean of 37.28 together with 13 centuries and 23 fifties.
