The Indian Test captain, Virat Kohli came out with some spicy sledges for his South African counterpart Dean Elgar and they were caught on the stump-mic on Thursday. Kohli can be heard taunting Elgar about ‘running’ away from Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling, apparently because the Proteas skipper took a single off the last ball of the previous over. The Indian skipper also suggested that Elgar can’t keep him quiet.
Virat Kohli also accused Dean Elgar of trying to call off the Johannesburg Test of India’s last tour of South Africa in 2018. Pundits had labeled the Wanderers pitch ‘dangerous’ because of its inconsistent bounce, but India had no objection in continuing. After the visitors eventually won by 63 runs, Elgar later said that the match should have been called off.
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On the stump mic, Virat Kohli was heard saying, “Unbelievable. Just after a Man of the Match performance in the last game, running from Jasprit… Chirping for 13 years Dean, you think you gonna keep me quiet? We all know who wanted the match called off in Joburg 2018. We all know that.”
Here is the video of the incident:
https://twitter.com/BenaamBaadshah4/status/1481842024353771520?s=20
Dean Elgar took multiple blows on his body in the 2018 Test, but stood his ground and played a gritty knock of 240-ball 86 in a losing cause. Kohli has often hailed that win as the catalyst behind India’s rise as a Test giant over the next three years. But Elgar got his revenge three years later, leading South Africa to a stunning seven-wicket win in the second Test of the ongoing series at the same venue. He scored an unbeaten 96 off 188 balls to level the series 1-1.
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India got rid of Aiden Markram early for a 22-ball 16. But Elgar and Keegan Petersen were looking pretty solid in the middle. Elgar got a massive reprieve on 22 when Ravichandran Ashwin trapped him in front for an lbw. The umpire gave it out, but it was overturned after HawkEye portrayed that the ball was missing the stumps.
Virat Kohli: "Hit the stumps or get him caught. Real experts sitting up there" (after that Hawk-Eye shows missing on LBW of elgar)#viratkohli #INDvsSA #SAvsIND pic.twitter.com/OheGB5ftJG
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