South Africa became the first team to reach the final of ICC World Test Championship, defeated Pakistan in the first match.

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Tezzbuzz|30-12-2024

Delhi: South Africa defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in the first match of the two-match Test series. Proteas registered a thrilling victory in the match played in Centurion. With this victory, he has made it to the final of the ICC World Test Championship. South Africa has become the first team to reach the final.

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Pakistan had scored 211 runs in the first innings and 237 runs in the second innings. At the same time, South Africa won the match by scoring 301 runs in the first innings and 150 runs in the second innings. Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Corbin Bosch and Dan Pietersen performed strongly for South Africa. At the same time, Rabada also showed excellence in batting and led his team to victory.

This was Pakistan's performance in Centurion Test.

Pakistan had scored 211 runs in the first innings.

During this period, many legendary players including Babar Azam and Shan Masood proved to be flops. Kamran Ghulam had played an inning of 54 runs. In the second innings also the team was all out after scoring 237 runs. Saud Shakeel showed his strength in the second innings and scored 84 runs. Babar Azam played an inning of 50 runs. Apart from these, no one could do anything special.

On the other hand, South Africa had scored 301 runs in the first innings. During this, Markram played an inning of 89 runs.

He hit 15 fours. Whereas, Bosch played an unbeaten inning of 81* runs. He also hit 15 fours. South Africa had lost 8 wickets at the score of 99 runs in the second innings, but Rabada and Yansen saved the team. Rabada scored unbeaten 31* runs, while Yansen scored unbeaten 16* runs. South Africa thus won the match by 2 wickets. She has also reached the final of the World Test Championship.

He hit 15 fours. Whereas, Bosch played an unbeaten inning of 81* runs. He also hit 15 fours. South Africa had lost 8 wickets at the score of 99 runs in the second innings, but Rabada and Yansen saved the team. Rabada scored unbeaten 31* runs, while Yansen scored unbeaten 16* runs. South Africa thus won the match by 2 wickets. She has also reached the final of the World Test Championship.

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