Australia gets whopping Rs 186300000 despite losing WTC Final, South Africa earns.....
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South Africa defeated Australia by five wickets on Saturday to win the World Test Championship (WTC) title and win their first ICC trophy after 27 years. Chasing a target of 282 runs, Aiden Markram's century and captain Temba Bavuma's half-century laid the foundation for the victory. Image credit: X (Formerly Twitter)
This victory was South Africa's first ICC title win after the ICC Knockout Trophy (now Champions Trophy) in 1998. This historic victory took place at Lord's ground. Image credit: X (Formerly Twitter)
South Africa got the Test mess as well as a prize money of $3.6 million (about Rs 31.05 crore). Australia were given $2.16 million (about Rs 18.63 crore) as runners-up, while India got Rs 12.42 crore for the third place.
When the game resumed on the fourth day, South Africa needed 69 runs to win. However, captain Temba Bavuma was dismissed early. He scored 55 runs in 134 balls. Nathan Lyon's bowling put South Africa under pressure.
Markram reduced the pressure by hitting two consecutive fours to Pat Cummins, but Australia got another breakthrough when Mitchell Starc bowled Tristan Stubbs and blew away his off stump.
When Australia also wasted their third review, it became clear that they were frustrated. Markram and David Bedingham patiently scored runs and brought them closer to the target. Proteas supporters were delighted by Bedingham's on drive.
Markram was out after scoring 136 runs, but Kyle Verreynne gave victory by hitting a four over cover point to Mitchell Starc. With this historic moment, tremendous celebrations started in the dressing room, supporters, family and former players.
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