Dean Elgar details his clash with Virat Kohli

Former Proteas opener Dean Elgar, who recently retired, has shared an incident where AB de Villiers came to his support after ex-Indian captain, Virat Kohli, ‘spat at him’.

Elgar played his last game for the Proteas at Newlands last month.

Elgar and Kohli appeared to have sorted their difference after the two were seen embracing each other.

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In the second innings of the Newlands Test, Elgar was dismissed for 12, and as he was walking off, Kohli did not celebrate his wicket but went to hug the opener, thus showing his respect.

In his 12 years with the Proteas, Elgar played 86 Test matches and scored 5,347 runs, including 14 centuries.

DEAN ELGAR SAYS AB DE VILLIERS HAD TO STEP IN TO CONFRONT KOHLI

During his career, Elgar had many fierce rivalries, one of which was with Indian batsman, Virat Kohli. Speaking on the Banter with The Boys podcast, the former opener disclosed that Kohli spat at him during a Test match.

“I came in to bat and, I was actually like holding my own against Ashwin and what’s his name Jeja, Jeja, Jeja (Ravindra Jadeja) and Kohli spat at me. I said to him if you do that, I’ll **** you with this bat,” he recently said, as per Wionews.

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“Yes, he did because de Villiers was his teammate at RCB, so he understood. And I said if you do that, I’ll **** on this field, I’ll absolutely knock you out. And then [he said] ‘Hey **** you, **** you’ (mimicking Kohli), barking up the wrong tree. Anyways, we are in India so you got to be a little bit cautious.”

Elgar said his ex-teammate AB de Villiers found out and had a talk with the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain.

“De Villiers found out what he did and went up to him and asked, ‘Why are you spitting at my teammate?’ Two years later, in South Africa, he called me and asked if he could go with me for a drink after the series. He said he wanted to apologise for his action.” He concluded by saying, “We drank till 3, and ya, that was my first encounter with Kohli,” said the ex-Proteas Test skipper.

Elgar and Kohli appeared to have sorted their difference after the two were seen embracing each other.

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In the second innings of the Newlands Test, Elgar was dismissed for 12, and as he was walking off, Kohli did not celebrate his wicket but went to hug the opener, thus showing his respect