South Africa wins WTC Final 2025 : South Africa defeated Australia by 5 wickets at the historic Lord’s ground and broke the dream of winning the World Test Championship (WTC) title for the second consecutive time. With this, South Africa has won the ICC title after 27 years. Earlier in 1998, South Africa’s team won the Champions Trophy. After this, this team had many occasions to win the ICC Trophy, but every time it got a heart -breaking defeat. This did not happen once or twice, but it happened 15 times when he continued to lose in the ICC event. Along with this, the chokers were also stamped on him, but this time the team led by Temba Bavuma, after performing brilliantly, finally finished the drought of the ICC Trophy.
Such defeated Australia
After the bowlers in the WTC title match, South Africa defeated Australia by 5 wickets on the basis of the brilliant performance of the batsmen. Batting first, Australia scored only 212 runs in the first innings. Kagiso Rabada took Australia from scoring big by taking five wickets, but South Africa also collapsed for only 138 runs in the first innings. Australian captain Pat Cummins took 6 wickets.
After this, during Australia’s second innings, Rabada’s magic ran again and he took Australia for 207 runs by taking four wickets. After this, South Africa got a target of 282 runs to win. Which South Africa created a new history by losing 5 wickets with the help of Aidan Markram (136 runs) and Temba Bavuma (66 runs). Before becoming the champion of South Africa, he had to face defeat on big occasions 15 times, due to which he came to be called Choks.
Why was it called Chockers?
South Africa used to falter every time during the big match, due to which it was called Chokrs in world cricket. South African last won the ICC tournament Wils International Cup (now Champions Trophy) in 1998. After this, he got defeat in ICC matches continuously.
Loss in semi -finals of 1992 ODI World Cup
South Africa made a comeback in the 1992 World Cup after staying away from world cricket for 21 years due to apartheid. This team performed brilliantly and made it to the semi -finals. He needed 22 runs in 7 balls in the semi -finals played against Australia. It rained at this time. After the rain stopped, he got a revised target of scoring 22 runs in 1 ball. In this way she was out of this tournament.
Australia again defeated
South Africa will never forget the semi -final of the 1999 ODI Cup. Lance Clusner, who was the best player of this tournament, was made a tragedy king. Australia gave South Africa 214 targets to win. South Africa had to score 9 runs in the last over. At that time the last pair was present at the crease as Lance Clusner and Alan Donald.
Clusner hit the first two balls, but Alan Donald was run out on the next ball and the match was tied. Australia reached the finals due to winning the super six phase and South Africa again dropped out of the World Cup. After this, in the 2007 World Cup, Australia once defeated South Africa in the semi -finals.
2009 T20 World Cup’s semi -final defeat
In the 2009 T20 World Cup, South Africa defeated New Zealand, England, West Indies, India to advance to the semi -finals, but lost to Pakistan in the semi -finals. After this, in the 2014 T20 World Cup, Team India defeated him and dropped him out of the tournament. Apart from this, in the 2022 T20 World Cup, he was defeated by the Netherlands by 13 runs to upset him.
Dream broken in ODI World Cup of 2015 and 2023
South Africa once again lost in the semi -finals in the 2015 ODI World Cup semi -finals against New Zealand. After this, in the 2023 World Cup, Australia once again defeated South Africa and made it to the finals.
Loses in the semi -finals of Champions Trophy
England defeated South Africa by 7 wickets in the semi -finals of the 2013 Champions Trophy. After this, in the semi -finals of the Champions Trophy held in 2025, New Zealand was dropped from the tournament over South Africa.
Got defeat in two quarter -finals of World Cup
During the 1996 ODI World Cup, South Africa won all their group matches under the captaincy of Hansi Cronia, but in the quarter -finals she was out of the World Cup after losing to the West Indies. After this, New Zealand defeated him in the quarter -finals of the 2011 ODI World Cup.
Defeat in the final of T20 World Cup
In the final year’s T20 World Cup last year, Team India broke his dream of winning the ICC Trophy by defeating South Africa by 6 runs. South Africa’s team, which was once very close to victory, was completely shattered as soon as Henry Klassen was out and lost the match.