Temba Bavuma Joins Rohit Sharma, Becomes Second Player In HISTORY To Achive Rare Feat In WTC Final 2025
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South Africa are currently taking on Australia in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 at the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground in London. This is a big game for South Africa, as they would finally want to win and end their 27-year ICC trophy drought and shed their tag of perennial chokers. Temba Bavuma is leading the Proteas, and on Day 2, he somewhat pulled the SA innings back together with a gritty knock. He also achieved a rare feat that has only been achieved previously by Rohit Sharma.
Temba Bavuma hit 36 from 84 balls. He hit 4 fours and a six in his gritty innings. He has now become only the second captain in history to hit a six in the WTC final. Rohit Sharma had hit a six in the WTC 2023 final against Australia.
Bavuma also stitches a 64-run stand with David Beddingham. He was dismissed in the 40th over, when Marnus Labuschagne took a brilliant diving catch off a delivery from Australia captain Pat Cummins.
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Pat Cummins Also Creates History
Temba Bavuma's opposite number, Australia captain Pat Cummins also created history in the WTC final. He has now dismissed 18 opposition captains in history. He now overtakes Australia's Richie Benaud as the captain to dismiss the most opposition captains in Test Match history.
Here are the captains with the most wickets of opposing captains in history
19 – Pat Cummins
18 – Richie Benaud
15 – Imran Khan
15 – Jason Holder
12 – Gary Sobers
11 – Daniel Vettori
Even Contest In WTC 2025 Final
South Africa won the toss in the WTC 2025 final. The Proteas bowlers made life difficult for the Aussie batters in the first innings. They were all out for 212. Beau Webster was the top scorer with 72 runs, with Steve Smith also scoring 66. Kagiso Rabada stole the show with a five-wicket haul.
South Africa lost four early wickets at the end of Day 1. However, Temba Bavuma and David Beddingham pulled things back with their stand. Beddingham has continued with his innings, as the Proteas are on 121/5 at Lunch on Day 2.
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