India Origin Cricketer Keshav Maharaj to Captain South Africa Against Zimbabwe: The two -match Test series will start from tomorrow i.e. 28 June between South Africa and Zimbabwe. The first match will be played at the Queen Sports Club of Bulavio. Tamba Bavuma has not been included in the team for this series. South Africa won the World Test Championship 2025 title under the captaincy of Bavuma. However, now Keshav Maharaj of Indian origin has been made captain in his place.

Why did Tenba get out?

Under the captaincy of Bavuma, South Africa created history by winning the ICC Trophy after 27 years. During this time, Bavuma was injured. Khichon had come in Bavuma’s hamstring. For this reason, Bavuma was ruled out of the two -match Test series against Zimbabwe.

Keshav Maharaj of Indian origin gets captaincy

In the absence of Bavuma, the captaincy of the South Africa team has been given to Keshav Maharaj of Indian origin. Keshav’s ancestors were from India. According to media reports, Keshav’s ancestors were from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh. He moved to South Africa in the year 1874. Even after being born in Durban in South Africa, Keshav is connected to the roots of his country. He is a devotee of Lord Hunman. Keshav celebrates all the festivals of India like every Indian.

South Africa announced team for the first Test

Apart from Bavuma, senior players like Aidan Markram, Ryan Ricelton, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Angidi are not part of this series. All these players have been given rest. In his place, many young players have been given a chance in the team. Which includes the names of Dewald Brevis, Luan de Pretorians and Quen Mafa.

South Africa playing-11: Tony de Jorgy, Matthew Breetjke, Vian Mulder, David Bedingham, Luan de Pritorius, Dewald Brevis, Kyle Weren, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj (Captain), Kodi Yusuf, Quen Mafaka.

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WTC 2023-25 ​​Most Runs and Most Wickets: The World Test Championship 2023-25 ​​cycle ended. In this cycle of two years, South Africa emerged as Vijai. South Africa defeated Australia on Saturday to win the World Test Championship 2025 title. South Africa defeated Australia by five wickets. Talk about the player who scored the most runs in this cycle, he is the route of England. At the same time, Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins has taken the most wickets in this cycle.

Root scored the most runs, Cummins took the most wickets

Joe Root scored the highest run in the cycle of World Test Championship 2023-25. Root scored 1968 runs in 40 innings of 22 matches at an average of 54.66. Root scored 7 half -centuries and 7 centuries during this period. Root’s best score was 262. At the same time, Australia captain Pat Cummins was at the forefront in terms of wickets. Cummins took 80 wickets at an average of 23.48 in 35 innings of 18 matches. During this, Cummins took 5 wickets hall 5 times.

Top-5 batsmen scoring the most runs in WTC 2023-25

Joe root – England – 22 matches – 1968 runs

Yashasvi Jaiswal – India – 19 matches – 1798 runs

Ben docket – England – 22 matches – 1470 runs

Harry Brook – England – 17 matches – 1463 runs

Usman Khwaja – Australia – 20 matches – 1428 runs

The top-5 bowlers who took the highest wicket in WTC 2023-25

Pat Cummins – Australia – 18 matches – 80 wickets

Jaspreet Bumrah – India – 15 matches – 77 wickets

Mitchell Starc – Australia – 19 matches – 77 wickets

Nathan Lion – Australia – 17 matches – 66 wickets

R Ashwin – India – 14 matches – 63 wickets

What happened in the historic final of WTC 2023-25?

The final of the World Test Championship 2023-25 ​​was historic. South Africa captured the ICC Trophy after 27 years. In the final, South Africa won the first toss and bowled. Kagiso Rabada took five wickets. Due to which Australia was all out for 212 runs. After this, Pat Cummins also opened the claw. He took 6 wickets. South Africa could score only 138 runs. Australia scored 207 runs in the third innings. Rabada took 4 wickets. South Africa had a target of 282 runs. Which he achieved by Aidan Markram’s century innings and a half -century innings of Tambel Bavuma and won the match by five wickets.

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Tamba bavuma record wtc final: The final of the World Test Championship 2025 was played between Australia and South Africa, which South Africa made history by winning by five wickets. Australia gave a target of 282 runs to South Africa, which South Africa achieved in the first session of the fourth day thanks to the century of Aidan Markram and the half -century of captain Tamba Bavuma. During this, Bavuma broke the 104 -year -old record as captain.

Bavuma broke 104 year old record as captain

Bavuma has a great performance as the captain of South Africa. Bavuma has set a new record as a captain as soon as he won against Australia. Bavuma has now become the only captain in Test history, who has won 9 Tests without losing any match. Bavuma broke the record of Australia’s Warvik Ormstrong during this period. Warwick became the only captain in 1920-21, who won 8 matches without losing any Test after captaining 10 matches.

Bavuma scored important runs for South Africa in both innings

Bavuma batted brilliantly in both innings against Australia. In the first innings, when South Africa’s team was losing wickets consecutively, Bawuma along with David Bedingham played a half -century partnership. Bawuma scored 36 runs. After this, the South African team collapsed like cards as soon as the bawuma was dismissed. Bawuma then scored 66 runs chasing a target of 282 runs. He played a century partnership with Aidan Markram. Markram played an innings of 136 runs. The drought of the ICC Trophy of South Africa also ended under Bawuma’s captaincy. South Africa has won the ICC Trophy after 27 years. Earlier, he won the ICC Trophy in the year 1998.

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