Former England captain Kevin Peterson appreciated Aiden Markram’s brilliant 136 -run innings, which played a big role in winning South Africa in the 2025 ICC World Test Championship. He said that this was the best innings ever played by South African batsman in Test cricket. After being dismissed at 0 in the first innings, Markram scored a brilliant 136 runs, including 14 fours. However, he could not remain unbeaten, as a few runs were out of the victory. Protiaz won a big win in the ICC Championship after 27 -year -old heartbreak in the knockout stages of various tournaments.

Peterson praised fiercely

Kevin Pietersen said, ‘Probably the best innings played by any South African batsman in Test match cricket. If you look at the Test history of South Africa, it might not be called the most aggressive or entertaining innings, but when you keep the pressure in mind, stage and first innings after failing in the first innings, it was extraordinary.

At the cricket live show, Geostar expert Peterson said, ‘Whether you are a batsman or a bowler, when your country depends on you and you have to do well – then that pressure is very high. He lost Ricelton’s wicket quickly, yet he performed some great performance. It is also difficult to describe what kind of pressure they were under.

Markram scored history by scoring a century

Markram also took many records with this century. He has become the first opener in the world to score a century in the WTC final. Before him, Travis Head and Steve Smith had scored a century in the WTC final, but he was not an opener. Apart from this, Markram also became the first South African batsman to score a century in the ICC final. Prior to Markram, no South African batsman did the feat to score a century in the final of the ICC tournament.

Name related to the list of great batsmen

Markram’s name joined the list of many great batsmen. He is jointly third among the batsmen who scored the most centuries in the fourth innings as an opener in Test cricket history. In this list, he equaled veterans like Graham Gooch, Geoff Boycott and Gordon Greenies. Apart from this, he has joined the batsmen who have scored a century in the fourth innings on Lord’s ground. He equaled the records of veterans like Don Bradman and Ajit Agarkar.