The South African test captain, Dean Elgar, put up a great performance in Johannesburg to get South Africa the win to tie the series. He has now come out to acknowledge the situation heading into the third and final test in Cape Town.
“This Test match is the biggest we’ve had in 10 or 15 years,” Dean Elgar, South Africa’s Test captain said. “Winning this series 2-1 would be huge. Beating the world No.1 team, even though it is in your back garden, is going to bespeak massive amounts for our playing group going forward and the Proteas badge.”
“At the Wanderers, the minute we brought the intensity, it seemed to fluster the Indians quite a lot and that can play in our favour.”
“It would be the biggest Test win in my playing career so far, especially with the leadership and captaincy now and having a bit more influence with regards to our players group,” Elgar said. “And from a players point of view, it would be massive for us. We’ve put in so much hard work over the last few months, and we’ve actually been playing pretty good cricket up until now but we’ve not had a lot of things go our way. You need some momentum on your side. We’ve been doing everything right. We’ve been ticking the boxes as best as we can.”
“Test cricket demands a high level of intensity and we have to maintain that over five days. It’s not always possible to maintain that over five days but you have to be pretty consistent with regards to implementing the intensity throughout,” he said. “At the Wanderers, the minute we brought the intensity, it seemed to fluster the Indians quite a lot and that can play in our favour. It would be silly of us not to try and replicate that or even bring more intensity into the next game.”