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Temba Bavuma scored 40 runs in the second innings. He became the first captain to take South Africa to the WTC final.
South Africa defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in the Centurion Test. With this, the team also made it to the finals of the World Test Championship (WTC). Chasing the target of 148 runs, the home team at one time lost 8 wickets for 99 runs. Here Kagiso Rabada and Marco Janson made a fifty partnership and gave the team a thrilling victory.
Home team scattered after Markram-Bavuma On the fourth day of the Test, South Africa started playing with a score of 27/3. Aiden Markram was out after scoring 37 runs, followed by Bavuma. He scored 40 runs. The team lost 5 wickets for 96 runs, here they needed 52 more runs.
Mohammad Abbas, who had taken 4 wickets, sent David Bedingham and Corbin Bosch to the pavilion. Meanwhile, Naseem Shah bowled Kyle Varian. Within no time the team’s score became 8 wickets for 99 runs.
Mohammad Abbas took 6 wickets.
Yanson-Rabada gave a thrilling victory After losing 8 wickets for 100 runs, Kagiso Rabada and Marco Yanson took over South Africa. Both of them first batted cautiously, then started playing shots on bad balls. Rabada scored 30 runs and Yanson scored 16 runs and led the team to victory.
Mohammad Abbas took 6 wickets for Pakistan. Naseem Shah and Khurram Shahzad also got 1 wicket each. Aamer Jamal could not take any wicket, but he gave away 11 runs in just one over.
Kagiso Rabada made a partnership of 51 runs with Marco Janson.
How did South Africa reach the final? By defeating Pakistan in the first test, South Africa registered its 7th win in the current cycle of the World Test Championship. The team has 88 points and is at first position with 66.67% points. Now even if the team loses the second test, it will finish on 61.11% points. In such a situation, his stay in top-2 position is confirmed.
India, Australia and Sri Lanka are also in the race to play the final. Among these, only Australia can overtake South Africa by winning all its matches. India and Sri Lanka will not be able to leave South Africa behind even after winning all the matches. Therefore, due to the top-2 position being confirmed, South Africa also made it to the WTC final.
Pakistan scored 237 runs on the third day
Saud Shakeel scored 84 runs in the second innings.
Pakistan started the third day with a score of 88/3. Babar Azam scored 50 and Saud Shakeel scored 84 runs to take the team beyond 200. The team somehow reached 237 runs and South Africa got the target of 148 runs. Read the full news…
South Africa has a lead of 90 runs on the second day South Africa scored 301 runs in its first innings on the second day. From the team, Aiden Markram played an inning of 89 runs and Corbin Bosch played an inning of 81 runs. South Africa had lost 8 wickets at the score of 213 runs, from here Bosh along with Talenders gave the team a lead of 90 runs. Read the full news…
Corbin Bosch also scored 81 runs along with taking 4 wickets.
Pakistan could score only 211 runs on the first day Pakistan won the toss on Thursday and chose to bat, but the team could not capitalize on this opportunity. Kamran Ghulam scored 54 runs, the rest of the batsmen could not score more than 30 runs. The team was limited to 211 runs, Dan Patterson took 5 wickets. Read the full news…
Pakistan could score only 211 runs in the first innings.
