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Virat Kohli won several hearts with his priceless gesture towards South African Dean Elgar, who retired from the longest format in the second and final Test of the bilateral series between the two cricketing superpowers. Main tribute to Elgar in his last game in January, the batting icon gave the Proteas star a big hug. After Kohli’s incredible gesture, members of the Indian team also congratulated Elgar for capping a sensational Test career.
Elgar recorded his final Test appearance for the Proteas in the Cape Town decider against India. Kohli and Elgar had nothing but mutual respect when the two gladiators met for the last time on a cricket field. However, Elgar had a lesser-known “shocking” first encounter with the Indian team’s talismanic batsman in 2015. Taking a trip down memory lane, Elgar revealed that Kohli even “spat” on the Proteas batsman when South Africa played a Test. series in India.
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‘Virat Kohli spat on me’
“Those wickets were jokes. Like playing on that… that surface there. And I came in to bat and I was actually like defending against Ashwin and what’s his name Jeja, Jeja, Jeja (Ravindra Jadeja) (smiles) and Kohli. ,” he said. “He liked to spit on me. I told him if you do that, I’ll fuck you with this bat,” he added, using a local profanity,” Elgar said in Joke with the boys podcast.
“Kohli did it because De Villiers was…”
During the special interaction, former captain Elgar gave a special mention to legendary South African cricketer AB de Villiers. Thanks to his time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Kohli shares a great camaraderie with De Villiers. “Yes, he did it because De Villiers was his teammate at RCB, so he understood it. And I said if you do that, I… in this field, I will definitely knock you out. And then (he said) ‘Hey, fuck you, fuck you’ (imitating the Indian), but barking up the wrong tree, yeah. Anyway, we are in India, so you have to be a little cautious,” he added.
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After bidding a pleasant farewell to Elgar in his final international match, Kohli also gifted the former South Africa captain a signed jersey in Cape Town. Kohli’s team India defeated South Africa in Elgar’s farewell match to level the series at 1-1. Elgar scored 5,347 runs in 86 Tests for the Proteas. The former South African international blasted 14 centuries and 23 half-centuries for the Rainbow Nation.