Dean Elgar may have bowed out of Test cricket as a losing captain but the South African said he finished what had been a “bit of a journey” with “amazing memories”.
The 36-year-old opener will probably find it of little consolation but he ended his distinguished Proteas career in a Test that will go down in history as the shortest of all time in terms of balls bowled.
Elgar scored a majestic 185 in the first Test of the two match series with India but managed just four and 12 in the match at Newlands as the tourists won by seven wickets to tie the series.
He admitted bashfully that he had made the wrong call when he won the toss and chose to bat on Wednesday — a shell-shocked South African side were skittled out for 55.
“I would have liked to do more in this game,” he said at the post match presentation ceremony where he was named joint player of the series with Jasprit Bumrah.
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