When the final match of the World Test Championship 2023-25 was to start, all the defending champions Australia’s cricket experts were heavily considered, but the South African team proved everyone wrong and won the title by 5 wickets.
In the WTC final match played on the grounds of Lords, a total of 28 wickets were dropped in the first 2 days of the game, but on the third day of the game, a brilliant century from the South African team’s bat was seen, which led to his team successfully chasing 282 runs in the first session of the fourth day. Eden Markram’s bat witnessed a 136 -run innings, for which he also got the title of Player of the Match, along with his name as well.
WTC becomes the third player to win the player of the match in the final match
So far, a total of three editions of the World Test Championship have been played, of which the first final was played in 2021, which was played between India and New Zealand. In this match, Kiwi won the team’s fast bowler Kyle Jemiss. The second final of the WTC Edition in 2023 was played between India and Australia, in which Travis Head won the player of the match. Now the name of Eden Markram has also been included in the list. Eden Markram is also the third player to score a century in the WTC final match, with Steve Smith and Travis Head achieved.
Eden Markram becomes 7th player to win player of the match in ICC final in Lords
So far, the 7 ICC tournament final has been played on the grounds of Lords, in which Eden Markram has become the 7th player to win the player of the match title in the ICC final match, with the list of giants like Clive Lloyd, Mohinder Amarnath and Shane Warne.
Players who won the Player of the Match award at the Lords in the ICC final
- Clive Lloyd (West Indies) – One Day World Cup, 1975
- Vivian Richards (West Indies) – One Day World Cup, 1979
- Mohinder Amarnath (India) – One Day World Cup, 1983
- Shane Warne (Australia) – One Day World Cup, 1999
- Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) – T20 World Cup, 2009
- Ben Stokes (England) – One Day World Cup, 2019
- Eden Markram (South Africa) – World Test Championship Final, 2025
This achievement is achieved by Eden Markram
When the South African team named the ICC Under-19 World Cup title in 2014, the team was leading Eden Markram. After this, the team reached the T20 World Cup in 2024 for the first time in any ICC World Cup tournament in Limited Over format, where their team suffered defeat against India. Now that the South African team has won the title of the World Test Championship, Eden Markram has played an important role in the bat.
