VIDEO: Fans celebrate with Markram and beer after victory, find out why

Delhi: South Africa has finally finished the wait for 27 years. In the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 played on the grounds of Lord’s ground, Protiaz defeated the defending champion Australia to win their first ICC Test title. Aden Markram, the hero of this historic victory, played a memorable innings of 136 runs in the second innings and brought the team to a difficult target of 282 runs.

After being dismissed for zero in the first innings, when the team needed the most, Markram took the front. Markram batted courageous against Australia’s best bowling attack and took South Africa to the threshold of victory, while making a significant partnership with captain Temba Bavuma (who was suffering from a leg injury) (who was suffering from a leg injury).

Last year, he never forgets the teas of the ICC T20 World Cup final, even after reaching the victory against India. In the press conference, he said, “The pain of the previous necklace was still inside. The same pain kept inspiring me that when the team needs me the most, I should stand.”

After the match, there was a special view of celebration on the field. Aden Markram reached among fans soon after the victory and celebrated with beer. He told that the beer was given to him by a friend of his school. The right -handed batsman laughed and said, “He was a friend of my school. He asked me to meet me. I refused. Then he said, ‘Ye le beer’ and I said, ‘Okay, I am coming now.”

Significantly, three different teams have won the World Test Championship title in three editions so far, including New Zealand in 2021, Australia in 2023 and now in 2025 South Africa.