Former South African captain Dean Elgar, who announced his retirement from international cricket earlier this month, has made a shocking revelation from the Proteas' tour of India in 2015. Elgar claimed that former India captain Virat Kohli "spat" at him during the first Test of a four-match series at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.
"Those wickets were jokes. Like playing on that surface there. And I came into bat, and I was actually like holding my own against Ashwin, and what's his name, Jeja, Jeja, Jeja (Ravindra Jadeja), and Kohli? He like spat at me," Elgar said on the "Banter with the Boys" podcast for Betway South Africa's YouTube channel.
He added, "I said to him, if you do that, I'll f*****g ***** you with this bat.”
On being asked if Kohli knew the meaning of the word, Elgar replied, "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, F*** you, F*** you' (mimicking the Indian), but barking up the wrong tree, yeah. Anyways, we are in India, so you got to be a little bit cautious."
Elgar, however, revealed that Kohli apologized to him for his behavior over a few drinks when India toured South Africa in 2017–18.