AFP, Johannesburg :
South African captain Dean Elgar said there was a double significance to the bruises inflicted by India’s fast bowlers during his match-winning 96 not out on the fourth day of the second Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Thursday.
South Africa won by seven wickets to set up a series decider in the third Test starting at Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday.
“I’d like to think those blows that I take make me extra motivated to perform,” said Elgar after South Africa chased down a target of 240 on a pitch of unpredictable bounce.
He also believes he sets an example to a group of relatively young and inexperienced teammates.
