"Virat Kohli Spat At Me, I Said If You Do...": SA Great Dean Elgar's Stunning Revelation

29.01.2024 - 08:03 sports.ndtv.com

Former South Africa captain Dean Elgar, who announced his retirement from international cricket earlier this month, has made a shocking revelation from the Proteas' tour of India in 2015.

Elgar claimed that former India captain Virat Kohli "spat" at him during the first Test of a four-match series at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.

Notably, the series against South Africa was Kohli's first at home as captain. Elgar also revealed that he threatened to hit Kohli had he done the same thing again. "Those wickets were jokes.

Like playing on that... that surface there. And I came into bat and I was actually like holding my own against Ashwin and what's his name Jeja, Jeja, Jeja (Ravindra Jadeja) (smiles) and Kohli, he like spat at me," Elgar said on "Banter, with The Boys" podcast for Betway South Africa's YouTube channel. "I said to him if you do that, I'll f*****g ***** you with this bat," he added, using a local profanity.

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