Dean Elgar being the senior most batter said he took the responsibility to take his team over the line as he led from the front to ensure a famous seven-wicket win over India at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. The 34-year-old opener finished the match unbeaten on 96 off 188 balls, an innings spanning five hours and nine minutes, as they chased down 240 to level the three-match series. “I said to myself I’m going to be there till the end as a senior batter, someone who’s been around for a long time. I needed to take the responsibility,” Dean Elgar said to the media.
“It’s not always going to work out but today it worked out. It’s a highly stressful and intense series against the Indians.” The left-hander took a lot of body blows and one Jasprit Bumrah beamer hit on his helmet grille on Wednesday but he remained calm and composed.”Some may call it stupid, some may brave. I would like to see the latter. I’d like to see it as another influencing factor in our team.”
Later he shared many more thoughts regarding the match about how how feels on winning the match over India.
