South Africa will take on the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia from Wednesday. In which he is expecting to win the first ICC title of this century. Although Protiaz has launched strong teams for years, their record in knockout matches has not been special. He has not won the ICC title since winning the Nockout Trophy (now Champions Trophy) in 1998. Captain Temba Bavuma is expecting this time to change history against Australia’s all-conquering team and win the title in Mecca (Lord’s).

Chance to make history after 27 years

When South Africa won the ICC title for the last time, Triston Stabs was not even born. In such a situation, it will not be easy for the protagors to end the drought of your trophy in the tournaments. South Africa has definitely reached almost in the last few years, such as the final of the T20 World Cup last year. Now he has made it to another final, in which the Bawuma -led team will take on Australia in the WTC final 2025.

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In the WTC cycle, South Africa won 8 out of 12 matches and topped the points table. During this time he had almost left the 2 -Test series against New Zealand, as most of his star players were busy in the SA20 league.

Australia strong in experience

Although the protagors are weak in terms of experience, their rival Australian team has a lot of experience. The team captained by Pat Cummins will go down to defend their WTC title, which defeated India in 2023. Steve Smith alone has played 22 Tests in England, while the entire South African team is considered a strong contender on paper 28. Even though there is no specialist opener in their playing XI.

There is also history between the two teams- this is only the fourth SA vs AUS match after the Newlands Ball Tempering controversy in 2018. The last time both teams had clashed more than two years ago, in which Australia won 2–0 in the house. Australia will once again try to repeat success like 2023 at Lord’s. South Africa is desperate to win a trophy by ending its ICC defeat.

South Africa: Aden Markram, Ryan Reclonton, Vian Mulder, Temba Bavuma (captain), Triston Stabs, David Bedingham, Kyle Vireni (wicketkeeper), Marco Yansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Angidi.

Australia: Usman Khwaja, Marnas Labushen, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Bite Webster, Alex Carrie (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (Capnins), Michel Starc, Nathan Lion, Josh Hazlewood.