Keshav Maharaj: South Africa has won the ICC title after 27 years.
Keshav Maharaj: South Africa won the final of the ICC World Test Championship by five wickets against Australia. South Africa has won a trophy after a long wait of 27 years. Earlier, the team had won the ICC Knockout Trophy in 1998.
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On the other hand, the team’s experienced spinner Keshav Maharaj’s eyes got wet on this historic victory of the South African team. Let us tell you that after the victory against Australia, former African team captain and opening batsman Graeme Smith was seen talking to Keshav Maharaj in the post-match. During this, Maharaj’s eyes got wet. At the same time, cricket fans are seen reacting rapidly to this video of Keshav.
Watch this video of Keshav Maharaj
Keshav Maharaj interview with Graeme Smith.#WtcFinal2025 #WTCFinal #AUSvsSA pic.twitter.com/1Ni9JGkSgs
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South Africa won by five wickets
On the other hand, if we give you information about this match played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, then South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl. Australia scored 212 runs in the first innings. However, South Africa had a poor performance in the first innings, the whole team was reduced to just 138 runs. On the basis of the first innings, Australia took a lead of 74 runs.
After this, Australia scored a total of 207 runs in the second innings with the help of Mitchell Starc’s innings of 58 runs, and set a target of 282 runs for South Africa to win.
At the same time, in the second innings, the South Africa cricket team batted brilliantly, especially opener Aiden Markram, who chose a memorable final match to score the 8th century of his Test career. Markram played a match-winning innings of 136 runs in 207 balls with the help of 14 fours. He was also given the ‘Player of the Match’ award for this amazing innings.
