WTC Final 2025 Day 1 : The World Test Championship (WTC) being played in the grounds of the historic Lord’s ground, became a big game on the first day of the final match, which no one believed. On the first day of this title match, 14 wickets fell, out of which 12 wickets were taken by fast bowlers. By the end of the first day’s play, South Africa has lost 4 wickets for 43 runs. Captain Temba Bavuma is unbeaten by scoring 3 runs and David Bedingham 8 runs. Earlier, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. His decision proved to be correct and the entire team of Australia returned to the pavilion for only 212 runs. Kagiso Rabada of South Africa took 5 wickets, but on his hard work, the batsmen of the team are seen turning water.
South Africa’s poor start
On the first day of the WTC final match, Australia’s first innings was reduced to only 212 runs. In response to this, when the South Africa team came out to bat, she was expected to perform well, but Australia’s fast bowler Mitchell Starc gave Adam Markram out in the first over and gave a big blow to South Africa. At that time, the team’s account could not be opened.
After this, one batsman after another went out. Ryan Ricelton was dismissed for 16 runs for South Africa. Apart from this, the remaining three batsmen could not even touch the double figure. Till the end of the day’s play, captain Temba Bavuma is playing 3 runs and David Bedingham is playing 8 runs. For Australia, Mitchell Starc took two wickets. While captain Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood got one wicket each.
Australia batting poorly
Earlier, the Australian team started to bat first after losing the toss. Kagiso Rabada and Marco Janson gave Australia’s initial shocks. All -rounder view webster scored the highest 72 runs for Australia. Apart from this, Steve Smith scored an innings of 66 runs. With the help of their innings, Australia could reach 212 in 56.4 overs.
Apart from these two batsmen, all the batsmen flopped. Usman Khwaja could not even open his account in 20 balls. Alex Carrie scored 23 runs. For South Africa, Kagiso Rabada sent five players to the pavilion. Apart from this, Marco Jansan got three wickets. Keshav Maharaj and Adam Markram got one wicket each.