Batsmen Aiden Markram and Rossi van der Dussen are also unavailable for the Test.
Durban, South Africa’s Test captain Dean Elgar says that he is comfortable with his country’s players’ decision to choose the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) over the Test series against Bangladesh. Because being asked to choose between these two put them in a slightly uncomfortable position.
Earlier this month, Elgar urged his teammates to choose a series against Bangladesh over the IPL, calling it a test of his loyalty. South Africa’s players, who were to be picked in the Test squad, preferred the IPL over the series against Bangladesh starting on Thursday.
Elgar (Dean Elgar) told ESPNcricinfo, “I am comfortable sitting with players who are not here. I had some really good, detailed conversations with them to get to know the mental state of those players. I am comfortable with the answers he gave.”
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In the series against Bangladesh, South Africa will miss their fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jensen besides recovering injury Enrique Norcia. Batsmen Aiden Markram and Rossi van der Dussen are also unavailable for the Test.
Elgar said, “I have my limits on what I can say and what I cannot do but I feel that asking players to keep myself available (for the Test series) will make the players a little uncomfortable.” was put in position.”
“I think they were put in a position that was inevitable, taking into account that a lot of players have never had IPL experience before. I don’t think they wanted to harm their future in this competition.” (agency)