By Admin 
WTC Final 2025: The final of the World Test Championship 2025 being played between South Africa and Australia has now reached its decisive turn. The South African team needs only 69 runs to name the title by removing the tag of Chockers. On this important front, the player to bring South Africa into a strong position is opener Aiden Marrank, who has not only brought the team close to victory by playing a memorable century of Test career, but has also given a befitting reply to the questions raised about himself.
Flop in first innings, hero made in second
In the first innings of this match, Aiden Marakram did not show any special feat with his bat. For this reason, there were many criticism of him and questions were also raised about his playing in the team. He also had to face a lot of trolling on social media. Now in the second innings, when the team needed a concrete start, Markram took responsibility on his shoulders and proved himself as a real match winner.
Marakram started his innings in a slow but compulsion manner. He took time to understand the bowlers, showed patience of leaving short balls and decorated every wrong ball and showed the way to the boundary. He has scored an unbeaten 102, facing 156 balls, including 11 fours.
Captain Bavuma’s found together
By the end of the third day’s game, South Africa has scored 213 runs and now it needs only 69 runs to win. Captain Temba Bavuma is also firmly frozen at the crease by scoring 65 runs with Markram. He too has scored a brilliant half -century and both of them together have brought the team to a strong position by the end of the third day’s play. Now South Africa needs only 69 runs in the last two days and has eight wickets left.
Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood have not been able to give up any significant impact on this pitch so far. African batsmen not only played them carefully, but have also succeeded in taking out runs on the necessary occasions.
Will the tag of ‘Chokars’ be removed?
The South African team has long been called ‘Choks’, especially due to losing on important occasions in ICC tournaments, this tag has been given to them. After losing to Team India in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup last year, it was deepened, but now if the team manages to win this WTC final, it will not only be a trophy but will create a new history by removing the tag of African team Chokers.
The game of the fourth day will now be decisive and the eyes of the whole world will be on whether the South Africa team will be able to create history and will have the distinction of becoming the World Test Champion.