South Africa defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in the Centurion Test. With this, the team also made it to the final of the World Test Championship (WTC). Chasing a target of 148 runs, the home team had lost 8 wickets for 99 runs at one point. Here Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen shared 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 ahead with a score of 27/3. Aiden Markram was out after scoring 37 runs, after him Bavuma stayed. 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. In no time, the team’s score became 8 wickets for 99 runs. Jansen-Rabada gave a thrilling victory
After losing 8 wickets within 100 runs, Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen took charge of South Africa. Both batted cautiously at first, then started playing shots on bad balls. Rabada scored 30 and Jansen scored 16 runs and gave the team victory. Mohammad Abbas took 6 wickets for Pakistan. Naseem Shah and Khurram Shahzad also got 1-1 wickets. Amer Jamal could not take any wicket, but he conceded 11 runs in just 1 over. 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 number one with 66.67% points. Even if the team loses the second Test, it will finish with 61.11% points. In such a situation, their stay in the 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 overtake South Africa 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
Pakistan started playing ahead of the score of 88/3 on the third day. Babar Azam scored 50 and Saud Shakeel scored 84 runs to take the team past 200. The team somehow reached 237 runs and South Africa got a target of 148 runs. Read full news… South Africa leads by 90 runs on the second day
South Africa scored 301 runs in their first innings on the second day. Aiden Markram scored 89 and Corbin Bosch scored 81 runs from the team. South Africa had lost 8 wickets at a score of 213 runs, from here Bosch along with the tailenders gave the team a lead of 90 runs. Read full news… 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 all out after scoring 211 runs, Dan Paterson took 5 wickets. Read full news…
