WTC Final 2025: Australia looks Solid against South Africa to Win Title for 2nd Time in a Row

The World Test Championship Final 2025, where the grand finale match will be played between Australia and South Africa, going by the current development, Kangaroos look rock solid to win this important encounter.

Talking about the scenario of the match between Australia and South Africa where Proteas won the toss and elected to field first, where they scored 212 runs after getting bundled out and credit should be given to top class proteas bowlers including the likes of- Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen completely destroyed Australian Batting lineup two batters who scored most for them- Beau Webster and  Steven Smith.

When it comes to 1st innings batting South African scored 138 runs in their first innings, Australian bowlers on the other end including the likes of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazelwood and Micthell Starc compleletly destroyed Proteas batsman.

Pat Cummins as leader clinched 6 wickets against South Africa.

When it comes to 2nd Innings, Australia till the time of writing this, Kangaroos have scored 183 runs at the loss of 9 wickets, where where Kagiso Rabada where he picked 4 wickets, Marco Jansen and Wian Mulder picked 1 wicket each and Lungi Ngidi clinched 3 wickets.

Eventually, Australia scored 183 runs at the loss of 9 wickets where Starc scored 43 runs and Hazelwood scored 8 runs, taking the lead closer to 257 runs and if they can somehow manage to score 50 runs the lead would cross more than 300 runs and scoring these runs on 4th innings by South Africa would be difficult task considering the nature of surface.

The match would turned out to be iconic, if South Africa chase down this total it would be exemplary results and if they failed to chase down that Kangaroos would be able to successfully defend their WTC title in back to back season.

Let’s Talk about some of the most iconic performances from players belonging to distinct teams in the below format:

 

1. Steven Smith: The iconic star batter always deliver in the longest format of the game, where he scored 66 runs in 1st innings, where he completely dismantled opposition bowler with his longer tenacity.

Steven Smith ability to bat for longer durations and churn out runs at regular intervals, makes him invincible and his ability to absorb pressure makes him star batter

He didn’t sustain in 2nd innings after getting LBW Dismissal, where Smith got bundled out but the ace batter yhe have already contributed big time with bat and ensured Australia laid the foundations against South Africa.

 

2. Pat Cummins: Pat Cummins is an absolute star performer for Kangaroos, where she clinched 6 wicket and made sure Proteas batter didn’t run up to the mark.

 

3. Kagiso Rabada: The Proteas Fast Bowler, have been consistent in terms of picking wickets, where he clinched most wickets for them, and his record has been exceptional, where he deceived batters, in cross length basis.

 

4. Lungi Ngidi: Lungi Ngidi another bowler who made the ball do the talking, where they completely dismantled the crunch phase of the game where he deceived Australian batter completely with his line and length.

 

Overall, Australian Cricket Team looks marginally ahead of Proteas and based on permutations and combinations, to win this important series against South Africa.

Australian Cricket team if they managed to win WTC Title they would win two back to back WTC trophies and 2023 ODI World Cup win in Ahmedabad.

Talking about the next big event, India would be playing Upcoming Test Series against England, where the first match would be played at Leeds on 20th June 2025, where the last match would be played on August where Men in Blue would be looking to go under their skin to emerge victory against Three Lions.

Frequently Asked Questions: 

Q-1: How many runs Australia scored against South Africa in WTC Final? 

Answer: Australian Cricket Team, scored 207 runs in 2nd innings ultimately the lead went closer to 281 runs and Proteas to win this contest needed 282 runs to win. 

Considering their record and absolute permutations and combinations, Australian cricket team looks favorite to win this contest. 

 

Q-2: Why Australian Cricket Team are extremely successful in Playoffs? 

Answer: The reason Australian Cricket Team is successful is based on distinct format : 

Australian batters ability to absorb pressure and score runs at will, makes them standout performer. 

Australian Bowler ability to clinch wickets at regular intervals in all three phase of the game make things easy for them. 

Australian Cricket Players mindset when it comes to approaching Playoffs is second to none where they certainly have a knack of winning games for Proteas.

Australian Cricket Team are an absolute dominating force when it comes to winning games especially in the crunch scenario. 

Australian Cricket Team are an absolute dominating force when it comes to establishing pressure on opponents. 

 

Q-3: Whose Captaincy is the best? Out of these two powerhouse teams in this ongoing WTC Contest which Leader looks strongest to win this event? 

Answer: When we talk about Captaincy, one side there is Pat Cummins and other side is Temba Bavuma considering how things have turned out so far, Pat Cummins emerge strongest for the way he marshalled his troop and delivered his own individual performance where he clinched 6 wickets in 1st innings to completely destroy Proteas batters. 

Tembe Bavuma certainly lacked at certain place when it comes to Captaincy, is not up to the mark, where his individual performance he scored 36 runs but it would be interesting to see how they would approach 2nd innings. 

Considering the current permutations and combinations, Australian Cricket team looks rock solid to win this game against South Africa. 

Australian Cricket Team with another title in the Kitty, would certainly stampede the message that they are the force to reckon with and Cummins would certainly fall in the list of Captains to guide their side towards winning Marquee event. 

India would start the next edition of World Test Championship Cycle, where they would be facing experience Three Lions side, and they need to play quality cricket in order to emerge winner of this contest. 

With this Victory India would certainly have an edge over other teams to make a perfect mark in next World Test Championship 2025-2027 cycle.

India would be playing Upcoming Series against England, under leadership of Shubhman Gill where it would be challenge for him to compete against quality English side, and he needs to deliver tactically as well as batter to make a mark for himself.

He is seen as perfect replacement to Virat Kohli where most probably he would be expected to bat at Number 4 position where he would be expected to play longer innings considering the game scenarios where they can make most out of that situations to go neck to neck against Three Lions.