Indian wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant on Saturday congratulated Aiden Markram, who won South Africa by 5 wickets by scoring a brilliant century in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia. South Africa ended the 27 -year ICC title drought with this victory and won the WTC title for the first time.

Pant, who was the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the recently concluded Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL), made a great coordination with Markram and Nicholas Puran this season. Although LSG could not reach the playoffs, Puran (524 runs) and Markram (445 runs) performed brilliantly.

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After Puran’s announcement of his retirement from international cricket, Pant first greeted him on social media. Now when Markram scored a match -winning century in the final, Pant shared a emotional message on social media calling him “brother”.

He wrote on ‘X’ (East Twitter), ‘Play very nice, Aiden brother. It is very happy for you. What a brilliant innings played under pressure. You have proud of us and congratulations to South Africa on winning the WTC title. Let us know that at this time Pant is participating in the Indian team’s Intra-Squad practice match in Kent, England. India has to start a five -match Test series against England in Handingley, Leeds from June 20.

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18 -member Indian team for England tour: Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Rishabh Pant (Deputy Captain/Wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Juril (wicketkeeper), Abhimanyu Ishwar, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna, Karun Nair, Kulne Nair, Kulpadh Singh, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kulpadh, Kulpadh, Kulpandar, Kulpandar, Kulpadh, Kulpandar, Kulla Yadav

Full schedule of India vs England Test series

First Test: 20-24 June, 2025- Handingley, Leeds
Second Test: July 2-6, 2025- Edgbaston, Birmingham
Third Test: 10-14 July, 2025- Lords, London
Fourth Test: 23-27 July, 2025- Old Trafford, Manchester
Fifth Test: 31 July-4 August, 2025- The Oval, London