South Africa will go to Cape Town with loads of confidence after Johannesburg win over India: Dean Elgar

An elated Dean Elgar stated that South Africa will head to Cape Town Test with loads of confidence after registering a historic win over India within the Johannesburg match. SA will go to Cape Town with loads of confidence after Johannesburg victory: Dean Elgar (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSSouth Africa ticked a variety of containers proper to make it 1-1 vs India: Dean ElgarSouth Africa registered 1st win towards India on the WanderersElgar hit a heroic 96 to guide SA to a seven-wicket victorySouth Africa captain Dean Elgar believes that his staff will draw large confidence from the historic seven-wicket win over India in Johannesburg after they head to Cape Town for the sequence finale.

Notably, Elgar produced a heroic unbeaten inning of 96 runs to guide his staff to a seven-wicket victory over India within the second Test on the Wanderers on Thursday. Elgar defied a hostile Indian assault and physique blows from balls that struck him on a troublesome pitch to ship a match-winning efficiency as he led a profitable 240-run chase, fittingly hitting a boundary to safe the victory.”The basics of batting, bowling and batting don’t go away, we missed that in the first game. Saying that it wasn’t easy. Tough conditions we had to face as a batting unit. As a bowling unit, the Indians were on top at times. Massive respect to our bowling unit, they showed a lot of character. Always a privilege to represent your country,” Elgar informed within the post-match presentation ceremony.South Africa beat India for the primary time on the Wanderers and preserve the sequence alive Dean Elgar leads by instance and helps the Proteas degree the sequence 1-1 #WTC23 | #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/zqgRP5Cm1x— ICC (@ICC) January 6, 2022
“I would like to think the knocks I take make me extra motivated to perform. Some would call it stupid and some would call it brave. The bigger picture is for us to win. We struggled to get a stable batting line-up and we had to be very patient. We’ve entrusted those positions to guys we feel can perform those roles and it’s great to see them pull it off. We now go to Cape Town with plenty of confidence,” Elgar added.’Team effort to get 20 wickets'”(Rabada) With KG there was something that happened behind the scenes but we’re not going to get into that. Sometimes KG needs a rocket. You could then almost sense the intensity and focus, he was in the zone. The moment he has that attitude, he wants to bowl and wants to contribute, you have to use it as a captain. It was awesome to see him fire.”Team effort to get 20 wickets. I performed a home sport in Cape Town, not going to present away any data. 1-1, South Africa vs India, I do not assume you can have written a greater script,” Elgar signed off.It was the first time South Africa had beaten India at the Wanderers and kept alive their hopes of denying the world’s top-ranked team a first-ever series victory in South Africa.Click here for IndiaToday.in’s complete coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.