SA Test captain Dean Elgar says he has made peace with the decision of six of his best players who will miss the two-match Test series against Bangladesh to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The Proteas will line up in the first Test against Bangladesh at Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday without bowling spearheads Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortjé, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen and out-of-form batters Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen.Elgar had said last month, upon arrival from New Zealand where SA came from behind to draw a two-match Test series, that he expected the players to put country first over IPL's plentiful dollars.
“I’ve had chats with those players to find out where they are mentally from playing Test cricket, the point of view of this series against Bangladesh and going to the IPL.Elgar said he has his views on the matter: “I’m confined with regards to what I can say and can’t say, but I know that the players were put in a difficult position.
There is no point sulking about the missing players. He challenged fringe members of the squad to stake a claim and challenge the regular players. There’s an unsustainable tendency by SA to start series poorly and recover later. That was the case in the three-match Test series against India which the Proteas won 2-1 after losing the opening match and during their tour of New Zealand where they had to come from behind to draw the two-match Test series 1-1 after suffering a thrashing in the opening game.
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