SA v IND: The DRS controversy has given us a window to move away from the goal – Elgar

The DRS enigma and the blows suffered by the Indian team on the third day of the third test helped South Africa, captain Dean Elgar Protea felt.

Elgar was struggling to make ends meet, and R. Ashwin refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 80 minutes.

After giving, Elgar did the review. And following the ball showed that he was going above the motions.

The Indians lost their composure – surprisingly, the players were not charged with their breach – and the South Africans put in the money.

Elgar was released nine times later. But by then, South Africa had scored another 41 runs.

‘I liked it’

Elgar said, “I liked it. Maybe it was a team that was under a little bit of pressure, and things weren’t going well for him, ”he said.

The Protea captain added: “There was a bit of pressure from the test cricket which gave us a bit of window time to score freer and move away from the goal.”

Elgar said: “We played well in our hands for a while, we forgot about the game, and they were focusing a little more on the emotional side of what Test cricket had to offer. I’m very happy that it happened.”

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The South African captain said he had had one-on-one interviews with all members of his team in the series.

He said: “You have to be respectful of each player, and that’s a two-way street.”

According to Elgar, “My skin is pretty thick on the pitch and the subject matters in a way that the team values ​​very much. You don’t want to show your emotions on camera.”

The Protea captain had all the praise for Keegan Petersen and Marco Jansen. “It simply came to our notice then. He has evolved as a player. And Jansen gave us another angle, a bounce. He is a real talent. ”