Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli gift India jerseys to Dean Elgar as he retires from international cricket

Rohit Sharma congratulated Dean Elgar for a illustrious career in Test cricket with a sweet gesture.

South Africa opener Dean Elgar once again proved to be the biggest hurdle between India and a test series win in South Africa. Elgar played one of his finest knocks in Centurion test, but failed to put up a great show with the bat in Cape Town. Elgar scored just 16 runs in 2 innings at Newlands in the second test. Cape Town test got over in just record two days.

India won the second test at Newlands by 7 wickets and equalled the two-match test series in South Africa. Indian captain Rohit Sharma was hopeful of winning the test series in South Africa, but Dean Elgar’s brilliant knock in Centurion prevented India from creating history. Elgar has now retired from international cricket and Indian stars Rohit and Virat Kohli made a special gesture to congratulate him on his glorious career.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli present a special gift to Dean Elgar

Indian captain Rohit Sharma presented Dean Elgar with an Indian team jersey signed by Indian players during the post match presentation. Rohit congratulated South African opener Elgar for having a glorious career for South African side in test cricket. India’s premier batter Virat Kohli also gifted Elgar his own number 18 jersey.

Virat Kohli also made a special gesture when he took Elgar’s catch in the second innings of Cape Town test. Virat walked towards Dean Elgar hugged him and bowed down to South African left-handed batter when he was walking back to pavilion after being dismissed on just 12 runs. The entire Indian side also came forward to congratulate him on his illustrious career.

Dean Elgar played 86 test matches for South Africa and scored 5347 runs. Elgar hit 14 test centuries in his 12-year-long test career for the Proteas. Elgar loved batting against India and scored most of his runs against Indian side. Elgar played 15 test matches against India and scored 1012 runs at an average of 40.48. He also smashed 2 centuries against India in the longest format of the game.

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