South African cricket was hit by another controversy related to allegations of racial bias against some of its legends ahead of the first Test against India, but captain Dean Elgar says his team is focused on making a professional effort against the “best team”. Is. World.
South African cricket has been going through administrative crisis since last 24 months, even Elgar does not remember who is running the show at the moment. To add to this, the game has also been rocked by accusations of racism.
Last week, the Social Justice and Nation Building Commission (SJN), in its report, accused former South Africa captain and current CSA director Graeme Smith, current head coach Mark Boucher and former batsman AB de Villiers for their involvement in racially prejudiced conduct against players. Was accused.
SJN also accused CSA of discriminating against players on the basis of their race.
In a virtual media interaction organized by CSA ahead of the Boxing Day Test against India, Elgar was expectedly asked about the latest controversy involving South African cricket, but said the team is not too impressed with it.
“No, it hasn’t really been that hard for us. As players, we’ve gotten used to some bad news around us over the past year and a half. We try to adapt to that. Obviously, these headlines It’s not ideal to come.”
“We just want to focus on our cricket. We want to focus on playing a really tough series against India. It is great to have him in South Africa again.
“So yes, for us, it is about focusing on cricket, focusing on the next few days of our preparation, hone our cricketing skills,” said the southpaw.
Elgar, however, said that the instability in the Cricket South Africa administration is difficult to deal with.
“From an administrative point of view we do not have much stability. We have so many different administrators that we don’t even know who is now. Hopefully there will be a lot more stability within CSA soon.”
He lamented the lack of support (from all quarters) for the coaches and the team management.
“I think from a player point of view, we support our coaches, we need to give them a lot of love. I think sometimes they put in so much work… that’s the biggest thing (that goes unnoticed) because I know what they do behind the scenes.”
“It’s not nice to see our coaches lash out for things despite working behind the scenes.”
Asked how frequent brawls affect the team environment, Elgar said that whatever happens off the field, players have a job.
“We’ve gone through so many bad times that we’ve really built up such a good bond within our group and for me, that’s no excuse for us. If it’s happened in the first month of such bad scenarios, so be it. It may happen, but we’ve been there.
“We’ve created something that works for us as a close group. We have an extremely strong culture that’s been tested and I don’t think that will be carried forward in my short term of being captain. I think That we have come above this.
“We are a professional team, we focus on cricket and hopefully cricket can take care of us,” Elgar said.
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