IND vs SA: Dean Elgar announces retirement from Test cricket

Dean Elgar on Friday has announced that he will take retirement after the IND vs SA Test series.

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After the T20 and ODI series IND vs SA, the Test series will now begin. The first match will be played on 26 December. Both the teams are preparing for this. Meanwhile, just a few days before the match, Dean Elgar has called it a day on his Test career.

The former South African captain Dean Elgar has been included in South Africa's Test squad in the IND vs SA series. Although earlier also such possibilities were being expressed, but now Elgar himself has come forward and told the whole thing.

Dean Elgar will retire from international cricket after two Tests

The 36-year-old South African batsman will retire from Test cricket after the two-Test series against India. Cricket South Africa gave information about this on Thursday. Dean Elgar has been playing international matches for his team for almost 12 years. During this period he played more than 80 tests and scored more than 5000 runs. During this period, he has captained in 17 test matches. Many of these matches have also been won.

Meanwhile, Dean Elgar's statement has also come to light. "The Indian home series will be my last, as I have decided to retire. The Cape Town test will be my last. My favourite stadium in the world. A place where I scored my first test run against New Zealand and hopefully my last too," Elgar said.

"Having had the privilege to do it for 12 years internationally is simply beyond my wildest dreams. It has been an incredible journey that I have been fortunate enough to have," Elgar added.

Dean Elgar's statistics in Test cricket

If we talk about Dean Elgar's Test cricket statistics, he played a total of 84 Test matches, in which he managed to score 5146 runs. During this period, he has scored runs at an average of 47.38 and strike rate of 47.38. His name includes 13 centuries and 23 half-centuries in Tests. Elgar's highest score is 199 runs, which means he missed scoring a double century by only one run.

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At the same time, Elgar has only eight ODI matches in his name for his team. In this he has scored 104 runs. His average in this format is 17.33 and strike rate is 58.75. He is considered a specialist Test cricketer only. It will be interesting to see how Dean Elgar performs in the IND vs SA Test series which is his last two matches of his international career.