The tag of chokers can take a rest as South Africa wins WTC 2025 by defeating the likes of Australia in the finals. In the game that shifted from one corner to another, South Africa won by 5 wickets.
Aiden Markram played a wonderful innings while Temba Bavuma scored a valiant half-century, which made the win possible. Let’s postmortem the game to know more.
[Reports] South African Batters Came To The Occasion
As the fans of South Africa would be hoping that chasing would be tough, the top order batters set it up beautifully.
The batters of South Africa scored critical runs with the willow. The target in the 4th innings was set at 282, which was chased with some comfort from South Africa.
Aiden Markram set up the tone with a brilliant 136 runs from 207 balls. His innings consisted of 14 fours. Other than that, Temba Bavuma played well in both innings.
The skipper scored 66 runs in the second innings and 36 runs in the first innings. It was his batting that held both innings together and provided the impetus.
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Social Media Reaction After South Africa’s Win
Not only the cricket fans but also experts of the game were happy that the Proteas finally broke the curse and went on to win the title.
The likes of Sachin Tendulkar, through his X post,
Test cricket continues to weave its magic.
In a final where every session had its own story, @ProteasMenCSA found calm in the storm. Markram’s composure and Bavuma’s grit under pressure stood tall in the fourth innings. A century that will be remembered, a partnership that…
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) June 14, 2025
congratulated the whole team. Tendulkar stated the value of every session and how South Africa stood tall with brilliant partnerships all along the way.
[What Happened] South African Bowlers Set It Up
Even though South Africa chased down the total beyond 280 in the fourth innings, it was the bowlers who resulted in South Africa winning the WTC 2025.
Australia batted first and weren’t allowed to take over. Rabada took 5 wickets while Jansen had 3 to help South Africa restrict Australia to 212 runs.
Meanwhile, even in the second innings of Australia, it was the bowlers who didn’t let the Aussies batter settle. At one point, the Australians were 7 wickets down for 73 runs.
Rabada took 4 wickets while Lungi Ngidi had 3 to help South Africa bowl out Australia for a mere 207 runs. Therefore, the target was easily chased.
Amit Mishra Take
Cricket South Africa has struggled in the ICC events for a very long time. They haven’t been able to dominate in the crunch. Their biggest heartbreak would be the 2024 T20 World Cup finals.
But they put all the demons to bed this time around. After a wait of 27 years, Proteas have a title to show, and they played well. Only time will tell where the test team of South Africa heads following this win.
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