Like Bavuma, Proteas captain's cauldron dawns for Elgar but can he claw his way out of slump? | Sport

Like his contemporary Temba Bavuma, Dean Elgar has entered the captain's pressure cauldron after poor individual performances in Australia. | Sbu_Mjikeliso Sport24news

There is a certain kind of pressure that is the pure preserve of a Proteas men's captain.

It's nothing like a Springbok, Bafana Bafana and other sporting code skippers experience. It can be dark and vicious and, once it descends, proves difficult to shake off. It's a dungeon where Temba Bavuma lived for two months during his off-colour T20 season up to and including the T20 World Cup in Australia, where calls for his head were a daily occurrence.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.

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