Former India skipper Virat Kohli and the incumbent captain of India Rohit Sharma offered special signed jerseys to South Africa’s Dean Elgar in his last Test on Thursday. India defeated South Africa within the New Year’s Test on the Newlands in Cape Town by seven wickets in what turned out to be the shortest Test ever performed by way of balls bowled.
Following the sport, Virat approached Elgar and offered him along with his signed jersey. The two gamers engaged in a light-weight dialog because the cameramen rushed to seize the second. While Virat did his bit to make it special for Elgar in his farewell Test, Rohit offered the Protea with one other memorable memento to cherish perpetually.
Rohit handed an India Test jersey to the 36-year-old South African signed by all of the Indian gamers and carrying a wonderful message, “Dear Deano, All the very best for all that is ahead.”
Notably, Elgar was probably the most skilled member of the present South African Test set-up. Having made his Test debut in opposition to the Aussies in Perth in 2012, the Welkom-born managed to characterize the Proteas in 86 Tests in a profession that spanned over 11 years.
His numbers don’t make for a splendid studying however he was probably the most tenacious batters of the trendy day technology. The southpaw scored 5347 runs in 152 innings at a mean of 37.92. His highest Test rating of 199 got here in opposition to Bangladesh in Potchefstroom in September 2017.Â
The veteran racked up 14 centuries within the red-ball format of the sport and in addition amassed 23 half-centuries. He additionally had the privilege to captain the South African Test facet in 18 fixtures. While the Proteas received 9 of these video games, they suffered defeat in eight video games and one fixture led to a draw.Â
