South Africa defeated Australia by 5 wickets in the final of the third cycle (2023–25) of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC). In the match at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, South Africa had a target of 282 runs to win, which he achieved on the fourth day of the game. South Africa became the third such team that has won the World Test Championship title. New Zealand won the first Chakra and Australia won the second cycle.

Choker’s tag removed, Bavuma made a big disclosure on Australia team

With this title victory, the South African team has also removed the tag of Chockers on itself. The fans were trolling the South African team for a long time due to the habit of losing in knockout matches. Even during the DubyC finals, the players of the Australian team were engaged in slicing South African players.

On the fourth day, when South Africa needed only 69 runs to win and he had 8 wickets left, the Australian players still hoped that they could allout them. Captain Temba Bavuma has revealed that some players from Australia used the word ‘Chok’ to tease him on the fourth day of the final (June 14).

Temba Bavuma told the BBC Test Match Special, “This morning we were again put on ‘Chores’. When we were batting, we heard Australian players using the word ‘choke’. One of his players said that we could still be allouts. I had definitely heard that.”

Markram gave an emotional statement

The ‘Player of the Match’ Aiden Markram hopes that the word ‘Chockers’ will never be used for South Africa. Eden Markram said after the match, ‘This word (choke) never has to listen again, this would be good. This time we completed the work and got rid of that tag, this is a big deal for our team.

The South African team has managed to win the ICC title after 27 years. Earlier, he won his first ICC title in the year 1998 (Wils International Cup). Aden Markram and captain Temba Bavuma played an important role in the victory of the South African team’s DubyC final. Markram scored 136 in the runchase and Bavuma scored 66 runs. The two had a partnership of 147 runs for the third wicket, which completely turned the attitude of the match to the South African team.