Indian pace attack Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah And mohammed siraji South Africa were bowled out for 197 and 191 in their two innings, losing the first Test by 113 runs.
The captain said, “I don’t think going to Joburg is going to dampen our confidence. Losing a game is never good, especially when we know we really went wrong. And it’s hard to correct those mistakes during the game.” Is.” Media interaction after the match.
“Hopefully we’ll have some time to build up to the Wanderers’ second Test and learn more about what happened.”
It was South Africa’s first Test in six months in a year, having played just six matches under Elgar, when Australia opted not to travel for a four-Test series in March.
Elgar started his journey with a 2-0 win over West Indies before this loss against India.
“I don’t think it’s going to change our confidence going forward. We’ve still done relatively well in the last six months, so we have to use the kind of good energy that we have.
“So yeah, we’re definitely going to sit down and break the game and as a group, we’re definitely going to come back. That’s kind of what I expect my guys to do anyway.” ,” said the 34-year-old.
The hosts were up against it after losing the toss and saw India reach 270/3 at stumps on day one after a brilliant century from KL Rahul.
“He scored over 300 runs which is always going to be a big plus point for him to win the toss. It clearly lies in the runs scored during the four days of play.
“There are a lot of learning points for us. The basics of the game still apply. I don’t think we had that from a batting point of view.
“The first day we started off reasonably fine and then we let it go and the run rate was a little tough for us to try and manage and bring down again.
“Three wickets falling on the first day of the opposition is something that is almost always going to hurt you as an opponent,” said the South African captain.
This is the first time India has won a Test match at Centurion. South Africa had lost only twice in 26 matches at the venue.
Elgar further said that he has to be especially cautious against the duo of Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah, who shared 13 wickets between them.
“Shami obviously raised some issues for our right-handers. Obviously his wickets in the first innings reflect that.
“Bumrah is someone who always runs with energy, high energy, whether he is going for runs or not. So he is always going to challenge you as a batsman.
“You have to be very careful to face them both, but to say they are quite a balanced attack at the moment.
When asked about the main threats in Indian bowling, he said, “Siraj could come and there could be a handful as well as he was a little bit last night. But Shami and Bumrah’s senior players are two people.” attack.
to South Africa, Temba Bavuma It was the choice of the batsmen, who scored 52 runs in the first innings and scored an unbeaten 35 while chasing his impossible target of 305 runs.
The captain led the way with 77 runs in the second innings, but his dismissal reduced the team to 68 overs.
“You obviously need runs to compete, it’s safe to say we didn’t execute on that in our first innings, which I thought was still relatively doable for us.
“The nature of Test cricket is that you have to compete against the new ball and the way he started with his bowling in the first innings, that was something we obviously struggled a bit against,” Elgar said.
Going into the second Test, Elgar said he could look to bring in his talented number three Keegan Peterson order below.
He said, ‘Maybe with the old ball coming, we can give them a little chance. Yes, he has had a rough start to his Test career and it doesn’t reflect on him as a player.
Regarding Pietersen, who was dismissed for 15, he said, “He is a very talented player. He has been one of our best batsmen at the domestic level for the last few years. Clearly the stats don’t reflect his potential at the moment. I appreciate him. I feel for it.” and 17.
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