South Africa won the WTC 2025 title: South Africa won the ICC World Test Championship 2025 by five wickets over Team Australia at the famous Lord’s Cricket Ground in London and won their first ICC WTC title. This brilliant team of South Africa made a spectacular entry into the WTC Final 2025 by winning a total of 8 out of 12 matches and topping the world test championship points table. In the SA vs AUS WTC final 2025 match, South Africa captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and took the big decision to bowl first.
South Africa’s fast bowler Kagiso Rabada dominated the first day of the WTC Final by taking a brilliant five wickets and bowling out Team Australia for a total of 212 runs. In which Steve Smith scored 66 runs and Beau Webster scored 72 runs, both these players became Australia’s top scorers.
ICC WTC 2025 Final: Australian Captain Pat Cummins Bowled Brilliantly
A big change came later, Team Australia made a strong comeback late on the first day and took a total of four wickets of South Africa. On the second day of the WTC Final, Australian captain Pat Cummins bowled brilliantly and took a total of six wickets and completely demolished Team South Africa for just 138 runs. In which David Bedingham played a good innings of 45 runs for the Proteas.
Lungi Ngidi And Kagiso Rabada Put Pressure With A Brilliant Performance
Then in this match of the WTC Final, South Africa’s Lungi Ngidi took three wickets while Kagiso Rabada took a total of four wickets. In this, fast bowler Mitchell Starc played a brilliant innings of 58 runs from Australia’s side and Alex Carey made a good partnership by scoring a total of 43 runs, due to which Team Australia reached a total of 207 runs.
South Africa Won The WTC 2025 Title With A Historic Win Over Australia
In this match of the WTC Final, the South African team was chasing a total of 282 runs and was playing with great patience in their second innings. By the end of the third day, they had scored a total of 213 runs while they needed only 63 runs. Along with this, South Africa’s explosive batsman Aiden Markram completed his brilliant century and scored 136 runs on the fourth day of the WTC Final. He also got good support from captain Bavuma’s 66 runs and then South Africa chased their target well. In the last moments, Kyle Verreynne registered a memorable and great victory for South Africa.
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South Africa won the WTC 2025 title which became their second ICC WTC title. South Africa won the Wills International Cup, later known as the ICC Champions Trophy, in 1998, which was their first title.
