Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|15-06-2025
Delhi: The ICC World Test Championship 2025 (ICC WTC 2025) has ended.
The final of this blockbuster tournament collided between Australia and South Africa. Where, South Africa has won Vijay Parcham under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma. South Africa, in the historic ground in Lord’s, called the Mecca of Cricket, proved the title of WTC 2025 by defeating Australia by 5 wickets in the final match.The match played between Australia and South Africa saw many ups and downs. Where, sometimes Australia, sometimes South Africa’s upper hand looked heavy.
Finally, the Baji Protiaz team killed. During this match, the result was memorable, but also some more memorable moments were seen. So let us tell you 5 such moments of the final match of ICC World Test Championship 2025 which will never be forgotten.Australia was defeated in the final match, but his team’s star fast bowler Mitchell Starc did wonders here. If Mitchell Starc was successful in leaving his mark with not bowling in this match, he also showed his light with batting.
In a big match like the final, Stark scored 58* runs in the second innings at number 9. At one time, Australia lost 7 wickets for 73 runs in the second innings. But, after this, he finally brought the team beyond his batting.The final match was personally memorable for South Africa captain Temba Bavuma. He ended the drought of the team of 27 years of the team under his captaincy.
Along with this, he made useful contribution in both innings. Especially in the second innings, Bavuma did not lose the courage despite a stretch in hamstring and he scored 66 runs. During this, a 147 -run marathon partnership was also formed with Markram for the third wicket.South Africa’s speed star Kagiso Rabada bowled memorable in the title battle. This protigned player bowled amazing. During this, he bowled tremendously in the first innings and took 5 wickets for 51 runs.
During this, he took two big wickets in a single over. Australia was in good position at one time losing 5 wickets for 192 runs, but after that lost 5 wickets within the next 20 runs. In which Rabada took 3 wickets. After this, he also took 4 wickets in the second innings. His bowling can never be forgotten.Apart from Kagiso Rabada’s brilliant bowling in the final match of the ICC World Test Championship, it was also a memorable moment to dismiss Usman Khwaja in both innings. Rabada caught Khwaja in slip in the first innings. So, on the same ball, he also made Usman Khwaja his victim in the second innings.
Aideden Markram was the biggest hero of winning South Africa’s final. Cricket fans will remember this marathon innings of 136 runs of Aiden Markram for years. This star batsman of the protiaz team could not even open an account in the first innings. But he batted tremendously in the second innings. Markram held one end till the end and managed to score 136 runs in 207 balls with the help of 14 fours. During this, 383 minutes were spent at the crease.