Elgar will call time on his 11-year-long international career at the end of the Test series at home against India.
Elgar is set to play his penultimate Test at his home ground at the Centurion, with his swansong set for Newlands, where he scored his first Test runs.
The southpaw made his debut in Tests and ODIs in 2012 but it was in the longest format that Elgar excelled. The 36-year-old has aggregated 5146 runs in 84 Tests so far, including 13 centuries and 23 fifties.
Among his finest hours in Test cricket is the 199 he scored against Bangladesh, in Potchefstroom in 2017 – it's Elgar's highest score so far in his Test career. His 160 against India in Visakhapatnam in 2019, against the likes of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, proved he was the man for all conditions.
Elgar also played a pivotal role in South Africa's 3-1 series triumph against Australia at home in 2018, where he scored 333 runs in three matches. He carried the bat in the third Test in Cape Town with 141* as the Proteas went on to win the series 3-1.
His performances with the bat were rewarded with captaincy of the Test side in 2021. Under his leadership, South Africa finished third in the ICC World Test Championship in the 2021-23 cycle, which included series wins at home against India and West Indies, and a drawn away series in New Zealand.
The first Test will begin on Boxing Day at the Centurion, with the second Test set to begin on 3 January in Capetown.
Source: www.icc-cricket.com
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