South African captain Temba Bavum holds the trophy of the winner and is celebrated with teammates. (AP photo) The South African triumph in 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) means a historical peak in their cricket road. With the victory of five goals over Australia in Lord’s, they not only won their first WTC WTC title, but also ended the 27 -year -old drought for the ICC trophy, their last is the trophy in 1998.The leadership of Temba Bavum, which was appointed captain before this WTC cycle, was built on resistance and dynamics. They completed the cycle with the longest winning lane in WTC history – eight consecutive tests, overtaking India (2019) and New Zealand (2021), each of which had seven.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!The domestic form of South Africa was impressive. In six tests they won five at home and lost only in India in Cape Town in the shortest test in history – a two -day match. Their ratio of loss of 5.0 at home was unrivaled, with only Australia (3.5) approaching. They completed the Whitewashes home series over Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
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Their performance away was almost the same impressive. South Africa has provided a breakthrough series in Bangladesh, their first in Asia in ten years. Despite the loss of 2-0 to New Zealand with the exhausted group, they reflected 1-0 victories in West India. Then they won all six remaining tests to qualify for the finals, climbing from the seventh to the top in the table.
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Bavum’s captain was crucial. Now it holds the record for the most victory (9) in the first 10 tests as a captain and corresponds to the English Percy Chapman. As a dough, Bavuma scored 711 runs in 13 shifts on average 59.30, a second only between dough with five or more shifts. His partnership on average reached 60.35 runs, the highest of any dough with 10+ stands.The pace of the attack led by Kagiso Rabadou (56 goals for 18,73) was unrivaled. South African Pacers had the best average (23.75) and strike (41.9) of any team in this cycle. Rabad’s five -four goals exceeded their charts.South Africa also showed an exceptional depth of the-15 players scored hundreds or took four-forms, and nine different players players emphasized their versatile dominance. Wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne, who hit the winning runs in the final, has contributed three centuries.
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In every sense it was a complete and collective conquest – one led from the front of the Bavum, but powered by a team that culminated at the right time.
