‘Virat Kohli spat at me’- Dean Elgar recalls notorious encounter with the former India captain

Virat Kohli gifted his autographed jersey to Dean Elgar following the latter’s retirement.

Former South Africa captain Dean Elgar recalled an infamous altercation with ex-India captain Virat Kohli and said that the India batter spat at him. Elgar recently called time on his South Africa career after the India Test series at home.

Elgar spoke about his first interaction with Virat Kohli way back in 2015 and stated that it wasn’t a very pleasant first meeting with the then-fiery Indian cricketer.

“Those wickets were jokes. Like playing on that… that surface there. And I came into bat and I was actually like holding my own against Ashwin and what’s his name Jeja, Jeja, Jeja (Ravindra Jadeja) (smiles) and Kohli, he like spat at me. I said to him if you do that, I’ll ******g ***** you with this bat,” he added, using a local profanity,” Elgar said on Banter with The Boys podcast.

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Asked if Kohli knew about the local slang, Elgar went on to give legendary South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers a special mention.

He said, “Yes, he did because de Villiers was his teammate at RCB, so he understood. And I said if you do that, I’ll … on this field, I’ll absolutely knock you out. And then [he said] ‘Hey **** you, **** you’ (mimicking Kohli), barking up the wrong tree. Anyways, we are in India so you got to be a little bit cautious.”

Dean Elgar – an unsung hero of South African cricket

Dean Elgar called time on his cricketing career following the second and final Test of South Africa’s bilateral series against India. Leading tribute to Elgar on his final game in January, the batting legend hugged the Proteas star tightly. Following Kohli’s fantastic gesture, members of the Indian team congratulated Elgar on completing a sensational Test career.

Elgar made his final outing for the Proteas in the Cape Town Test against India. When Kohli and Elgar last met on the cricket pitch, they had nothing but respect for one another. The Kohli-starred Team India defeated South Africa in Elgar’s farewell game to level the series 1-1. Elgar scored 5,347 runs in 86 Tests for the Proteas. The former South African international slammed 14 centuries and 23 half-centuries.

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