Virat Kohli Accused Of Spitting On Dean Elgar In 2015, Apologised Two Years Later

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Star Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was accused of spitting on recently retired South Africa captain Dean Elgar during the 2015 South Africa Tour of India. Elgar, who played his last Test match against India earlier this year, further said Virat Kohli personally apologised two years later.

The 36-year-old batter recalled that his teammate AB de Villiers confronted Virat Kohli right after learning of the incident. Dean Elgar acknowledged on a podcast that he had confrontations with both Kohli and R Ashwin.

Elgar, who played 86 Test matches for South Africa, did not specify when series the event occurred, although it is thought to have been South Africa's 2015 tour of India.

"All the time," sitting alongside former South African all-rounder Chris Morris and rugby player Jean de Villiers.
Elgar then said,

"In India... those wickets were jokes," Elgar said on 'Banter with The Boys' podcast. "And I came into bat and I was actually like holding my own against Ashwin and what's his name Jajeja ja-ja-jajeja, ('Jadeja', said someone in the background) and Kohli, he like spat at me."

"I said to him, 'if you do that, I'll f*****g *** you with this bat'," Elgar claimed. "Did he understand that word?" asked the podcast host referring to the beeped-out word.

"Yes, he did because (AB) de Villiers was his teammate at RCB so he understood. I said 'if you do that, I'll absolutely knock you out'," Elgar claimed.

The former South African opener claimed that he discussed the issue with his close friend and another RCB player as soon as he learned about it. Elgar did not say precisely when de Villiers spoke with Kohli about the incident.

"Anyway, so, realised that de Villiers found out what he did and went up to him and said 'bud, why are you spitting at my teammate bud? That's not on' and two years later, he (Kohli) calls me aside playing (in) South Africa and said 'can we go have a drink at the end of the series?"

"'I want to just apologise for my actions'. Two years later in South Africa, he says he wants to apologise for what he did. We had a drink, (the) punchline is we drank till 3 am in the morning. This is when he used to drink, now he is obviously converted a bit," Elgar said.

In December 2023, during his last Test innings in Cape Town, Virat Kohli hugged the South African as he made his way back to the pavilion without celebrating. Even more, Kohli offered the Proteas player one of his Test jerseys.