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

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Fans annoyed 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 heading into the final Test match. The Test opener then added that it is a challenging tour where one gets stretched as a person and as a cricketer and while coming to smaller places, the hotels may not be good and one might get challenged on the food that might eat potentially Elgar's comments did not go down well with the fans and he faced backlash on social media. Here are some of the reactions.

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Dean Elgar takes on Indian challenge

Dean Elgar, who became the first South African batsman to score a hundred in India after nine years during the opening Test, said the Proteas batsmen will have to go back to the basics to tackle the Indian bowlers in the final game. "It's no 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. The senior players are trying to keep the guys motivated. We are still representing our country which is an immensely proud moment for every player.  "We still motivate everyone within our squad. It has been a challenging few weeks but it's still not too gloomy for us. We are upbeat, the morale in the 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 the last Test," he asserted. The comprehensive victories have consolidated India's position in the World Test Championship table, even as the struggling South Africa batsmen surrendered yet again. India now have 200 points in their kitty, a handsome 140 points away from nearest rival New Zealand. Hope we score a lot of runs. In the second Test, we forgot a few basic things we did in the first Test."

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(With PTI Inputs)