D Elgar of South Africa completed 4000 runs when he was on 17 during the course of his knock of 127 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Johannesburg. At the end of South Africa’s first innings, D Elgar’s run aggregate read 4110.

D Elgar made his test debut against Australia at Perth in November 2012. Batting at number six, he failed to score in the first innings having faced 12 deliveries. He was destined for a pair on his debut test as he failed to score in South Africa’s second innings. In the second innings he faced four deliveries. In the first innings he was caught at the wicket by MS Wade of MG Johnson and in the second innings he was leg before wicket to MG Johnson. D Elgar was one of the ten South African batsmen who have collected a pair on test debut. D Elgar’s career summary read thus

Opp	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	0
Aus	10	19	1	604	141*	2	3	4
Ban	4	5	1	405	199	2	0	0
Eng	12	23	1	819	136	2	3	2
Ind	10	19	2	576	160	1	2	2
NZl	6	9	1	408	140	2	1	0
Pak	7	11	2	217	50	0	1	0
Srl	11	19	0	751	129	3	3	2
Win	3	4	1	217	121	1	1	0
Zim	2	3	0	113	61	0	1	0
overall	65	112	9	4110	199	13	15	10

D Elgar became the tenth South African batsman to aggregate 4000 plus runs in tests. The following table lists all these ten batsmen.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS
1	JH Kallis	165	278	39	13206	224
2	HM Amla	124	215	16	9282	311*
3	GC Smith	116	203	13	9253	277
4	AB de Villiers	114	191	18	8765	278*
5	G Kirsten	101	176	15	7289	275
6	HH Gibbs	90	154	7	6167	228
7	MV Boucher	146	204	24	5498	125
8	DJ Cullinan	70	115	12	4554	275*
9	D Elgar	65	112	9	4110	199
10	F du Plessis	67	114	14	4108	199