WTC Final / 5 reasons for South Africa's victory, due to which they became world champions

WTC Final: South Africa has added a new chapter in cricket history by winning the World Test Championship 2025 title. In this historic final played at Lord's, the team led by Temba Bavuma defeated Australia by 5 wickets to win the Test World Cup for the first time. This victory is not just a trophy, but also the liberation of South Africa from the tag of "chokers" that has been going on for years. There were 5 big reasons for this historic success, on the basis of which the African team became cricket's biggest Test champion:

1. Aiden Markram's historic century

After getting out without opening the account in the first innings, Aiden Markram made a tremendous comeback in the second innings. He played a brilliant innings of 136 runs with the help of 14 fours in 207 balls. He shared an important partnership of 147 runs with captain Bavuma and led the team towards victory. He also took two wickets, due to which he was adjudged 'Player of the Match'.

2. Dropping Bavuma's catch became Australia's mistake

When South Africa was chasing the target of 282 runs, it was in trouble at a score of 70/2. Then Steve Smith dropped an easy catch of captain Temba Bavuma on Mitchell Starc's ball, who was just on 2 runs at that time. Taking full advantage of this life, Bavuma played a valuable innings of 66 runs and led the team to victory. Not only this, Smith's finger also got injured while dropping the catch, due to which he was out of the rest of the match.

3. Deadly bowling of Kagiso Rabada

In this match, Kagiso Rabada completely defeated the Australian batting with his bowling. He took a total of 9 wickets in the match - 5 in the first innings and 4 in the second. Australia's great batsmen could not stand in front of his fast, accurate and swinging balls. This performance of Rabada became the strongest pillar of the victory in the final.

4. Australia's weak batting

Australia's batting could not live up to expectations in a big match like the final. In the first innings, the team scored 212 runs on the basis of half-centuries by Smith and Webster. The situation worsened in the second innings and the entire team collapsed at 207 runs. Only Mitchell Starc fought a little and scored a half-century, the rest of the batsmen were completely flopped.

5. Lungi Ngidi's comeback in the second innings

After an ordinary performance in the first innings, Lungi Ngidi did wonders in the second innings. He broke the backbone of Australia by taking important wickets like Steve Smith, Beau Webster and Pat Cummins. These three important blows of his completely shook Australia's innings and the team collapsed at 207.