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Aakash Chopra applauds Dean Elgar for his outstanding knock
By SMCS - Jan 7, 2022 2:17 pm
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Former India opener Aakash Chopra has applauded Dean Elgar for showing grit, determination and steel during his match-winning knock for South Africa in the second Test against India. He remained unbeaten on 96 as they chased down the target of 240 runs with ease. With this, they levelled the three-match series while the decider will take place in Cape Town from January 11.

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While reviewing the encounter in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra lauded Dean Elgar. He said: “Dean Elgar – he is the dean of the university of grit, determination and steel – he showed how to fight as an opener or a Test batter. His name also has dean and he plays like a dean as well. He didn’t become a centurion but he is daring because he got hit so many times and despite that kept standing.”

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Chopra continued: “The Player of the Match, no doubt about this, has to be Dean Elgar. What a player this guy is. He scored runs in the first innings and the second innings as well. He did not take the name of stopping. He played a lot of deliveries in both innings, took a lot of them on all parts of his body.”

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However, Aakash Chopra further praised Dean Elgar for playing a captain’s knock and leading the team from the front.

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“The most difficult thing is to forget the previous delivery, that is cricket’s basic theory. He got beaten or got hit on the head but the next ball, he was back at it again, I mean he was absolutely exceptional. Leading from the front, leading by example and a good captain says not to do what he says but to do what he does. And he showed it by doing it, this team reminded the Indian team of their name,” Aakash Chopra concluded.