South Africa, ICC World Test Championship and WTC
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It has been a magnificent week for Test cricket at Lord’s, and huge congratulations to South Africa for a remarkable victory.
Across four days at Lord's, Temba Bavuma's team shows history, both distant and recent, can be overcome by a group brimming with talent and resilience.
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India Today on MSNVideo: South Africa team sings Bella Ciao-style Temba Bavuma song after WTC winSouth Africa clinched their first ICC World Test Championship title in 27 years. Bavuma’s courageous innings and viral team celebration highlight a historic cricket moment.
Temba Bavuma, whose appointed as South Africa’s first black African Test captain in 2023 was met with scepticism, led South Africa to their first ICC world title on Saturday.
With this victory, South Africa has laid their hands on their first-ever world title in international cricket. Also, this is their second ICC trophy after the ICC Knockout 1998
No team in world cricket, and arguably the whole of sport, has a more brutal relationship with the finishing line than South Africa. It's cruel, but essential, to state this up front, much as Shukri Conrad,