Dean Elgar has been one of South Africa's good opening batsman for last few years. Elgar's second Test series in India began on a high te when he h played a solid kck of 160 in first Test at Vizag. He failed in second innings as visitors suffered a huge loss. In next match at Pune, he scored six in first innings and was his team's top scorer in second innings scoring 48 in which Proteas h suffered an innings defeat. Prior to third and final Test at Ranchi, Dean Elgar me some comments which were t received well by Indian fans.

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Fans anyed with Dean Elgar's comments

While speaking to a sports news website, Dean Elgar said that South Africa were still pretty hopeful and pretty positive heing into final Test match. Test opener n ded that it is a challenging tour where one gets stretched as a person and as a cricketer and while coming to smaller places, hotels may t be good and one might get challenged on food that might eat potentially Elgar's comments did t go down well with fans and he faced backlash on social media. Here are some of reactions.

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Dean Elgar takes on Indian challenge

Dean Elgar, who became first South African batsman to score a hundred in India after nine years during opening Test, said Proteas batsmen will have to go back to basics to tackle Indian bowlers in final game. "It's secret that it's been a bit of a challenge for all of us. We haven't played our greatest cricket, consistent cricket. But we are trying to be positive. senior players are trying to keep guys motivated. We are still representing our country which is an immensely proud moment for every player.  "We still motivate everyone within our squ. It has been a challenging few weeks but it's still t too gloomy for us. We are upbeat, morale in camp is still very good. "We still have one game and we can actually change quite a lot. We are still pretty hopeful and pretty positive going into last Test," he asserted. comprehensive victories have consolidated India's position in World Test Championship table, even as struggling South Africa batsmen surrendered yet again. India w have 200 points in ir kitty, a handsome 140 points away from nearest rival New Zealand. Hope we score a lot of runs. In second Test, we forgot a few basic things we did in first Test."

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(With PTI Inputs)