South Africa Winner WTC 2025: After a long wait of 27 years, South Africa’s dream of ICC Trophy finally fulfilled. When South Africa won the final of the World Test Championship 2025 at the historic ground in Lord’s, it was not just for the players, but for their entire country. South Africa became the third team after New Zealand and Australia to win the World Test Championship. Let’s know about the 6 heroes of this title win of South Africa …
Kagiso Rabada’s killer bowling
The team’s star Pesar Kagiso Rabada, while bowling amazing in both innings, worked to destroy Australia’s batting lineup. Opening the claw in the first innings, he took 5 wickets after spending just 51 runs, while in the second innings the bowler played a big role in getting South Africa with four wickets.
The real hero of the fighting victory
The real hero of this victory was Aiden Marakram, who chased the run and buried the pegs at one end and ensured South Africa’s victory by playing a century of 136 runs. However, he could not score a winning run. He was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood a few runs from the victory. In the first innings, the batsman returned to the pavilion without opening an account and faced 207 balls in the second innings and hit 14 fours. He was also adjudged Player of the Match for this match winning performance.
Bawuma’s captaincy innings
Temba Bawuma not only captained amazing, but also scored important runs with the bat. On the third day of the match, he was suffering from foot while batting, but he stayed at the crease and completed several runs while lame. The big century partnership for his third wicket with Marakram laid the foundation for South Africa to win this match. Bawuma scored 66 runs in the second innings, including 5 fours. At the same time, he contributed 36 important runs in the first innings.
Marco Yansen made great victims
Even though Marco Yansen took only four wickets in the match, he sent the top batsmen of Australia to the pavilion. He took three wickets in the first innings. In this, Returned to dangerous batsmen like Marnas Labushen, Travis Head. At the same time, in the second innings, he again pushed Australia on the backfoot with the big wicket of Marnas Labushen.
Lungi Ngidi supported Rabada
Lungi angidi may be wicket -class in the first innings, but in the second innings he supported Kagiso Rabada and took three wickets while bowling amazing. Steve Smith got the most important wicket in his account, which could only score 13 runs. Apart from this, he also walked the webster and opposition captain Pat Cummins.
David Bedingham’s ‘Cameo’
In the first innings of David Bedingham, 45 runs in South Africa’s victory were invaluable. He was the top run scorer of the team in the first innings. Bedingham came to the crease when the team’s score was 30/4. From here, he handled a good partnership of more than 60 runs with captain Bawuma. However, this batsman, which was moving towards half -century, was dismissed by Cummins. In the second innings, Bedingham scored an unbeaten 21 runs. Vijay runs out of his partner Kyle Verrane (4*) bat.
Source: https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/sports/cricket/6-heroes-of-south-africa-wtc-2025-victory-temba-bavuma-aiden-markram-rabada-marco-jansen-lungi-ngidi-bedingham/2800771
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