It turned out to be a memorable Test match for India at Centurion; In Johannesburg, it was South Africa who rejoiced with captain Dean Elgar leading the way. It is here that they fought four years ago and still lost the game against this opposition. However, this time around Dean Elgar was even better as he refused to budge despite attacking him physically (short balls) and verbally (sledging). In the end, when Dean Elgar led his team to a seven-wicket victory, a smile was evident on his face.
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“I don’t know what is the right or wrong way to win a cricket match, but it is all about getting the basics right. We checked too many boxes to make it 1-1. Now we go to Cape Town with a lot of confidence – it wasn’t easy, the batsmen were determined. But the credit goes to our bowlers, the effort they put in was very impressive,” Dean Elgar said after the match.
Dean Elgar is known for playing tough cricket. He is one of those people who dig trenches and act as a rear guard to escort his team to a safe place. For this body blow is needed. A blow that turns into a scratch. “I don’t see the bruises (the setbacks he got) yet, but it’s a great motivation to go and play for your country. Whatever I’m doing, it’s important to see the big picture and the big picture of yourself.” Winning games for the country. When you perform like this in a span of four days, it makes you forget the pain in doing so. A lot of testing for our batsmen, we have done everything we can to find the right batting line-up. Have struggled, found people for the right roles, assigned people to their roles and it’s a great pleasure to have you bat like this in such easy conditions.”
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On Rasie van der Dusen: “The way he batted (Rossi van der Dussen) would go a long way in his career, the way he batted (during his 40-run knock) would set him up for the future. RVVD took that catch, it got him in the mindset, he wants to be out all the time, he wants to bowl well and as a captain, he loves to run around. It’s easy No, but the bowlers did my job. Not quite sure what will happen in the whistle, played a home game there, interesting to see what kind of surface they will give us. 1-1, South Africa v India, in the final test Going into every class, we could not have written a better script.”
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