'Grateful to play against these guys': Dean Elgar after completing farewell Test in Cape Town

Outgoing South Africa skipper Dean Elgar on Thursday said that he was leaving the international cricketing arena with a lot of “amazing memories” despite not having been able to sign off the way he would have wanted. South Africa endured a seven-wicket defeat to India in the second Test in Cape Town, and that meant that the two-match series had to be shared 1-1. With the bat at Newlands, Elgar endured scores of 4 and 12, but said that he was proud of his century at SuperSport Park in the first Test. IND vs SA: Team India win shortest Test match with historic feat in Cape Town and more stats “I would have liked to do more in this game, we might have had a few more runs to try and defend. Still very proud of my performance that I had in Centurion. Finally on the board there in the hundred club. Nice to contribute to a winning cause,” Elgar said after the match. Elgar reminisced his 12-year international career, having made his debut in an ODI against England in August 2012. While he would go onto play only seven more ODIs, Elgar has had a celebrated Test career, scoring 5347 runs from 86 matches with 23 fifties and 14 hundreds. Rohit Sharma: 'We can take a lot of pride from this performance' “A lot of good, amazing memories. I received it in 2012 in the Perth debut, I have missed only one series with it and that was West Indies, captained the first series. It’s got a special place at home and it doesn’t leave, only leaves for duty, but that’s now done and dusted. So I’m gonna have to find a special place for it. It is the first one and I am glad I finished with it,” said Elgar. Elgar said that he was “very grateful” to have played against Team India, and joked that he was glad he didn’t have to face them anymore. “Glad that I don’t have to face these guys again. Fond memories. I’m sure I played that Test match when he (Bumrah) made his debut. We’ve also come a long way. Very grateful to play against these guys,” he said. Elgar termed Bumrah as a “world-class” bowler and went onto say that he deserved the Player of the Series award. Both Bumrah and Elgar shared Player of the Series award, with the former having finished as the top wicket-taker of the series with 12 scalps. “Bumrah is a world-class bowler, he deserves this Man of the Series award,” continued the 36-year-old.