South Africa and Australia announced the playing-11; Know who got a place in the team

The World Test Championship (WTC 2025 Final) will begin on June 11 between South Africa and Australia. A match between the two nations will be hosted on the historic Lord's ground. New Zealand won the first WTC title, while the Australian team became the winner for the second time. On both occasions, the Indian cricket team had to be content with the runner-up.

This time, Australia, led by Pat Cummins, will take the field with the aim of defending the WTC title. On the other hand, South Africa, under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma, is going to take the field with the resolve to end the wait of more than two decades for the ICC title.

Talking about the matches played between these two teams to date, there have been 101 matches played between Australia and South Africa. The matches have resulted in 54 of the matches being in favor of Australia and 26 in favor of South Africa. There have been 21 matches in which the two countries drew.

South Africa will be depending upon batsmen such as Ryan Rickelton and Aiden Markram to meet high expectations. In addition, batsmen like Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi, and Kagiso Rabada make the team stronger in terms of bowling. The Australian team has batsmen like Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood who can turn the match in their side's favor at any moment of time.

The pitch of Lord's Cricket Ground has more bounce. In such a situation, the pitch can help fast bowlers. The winds on this ground can be helpful in swinging the ball. Here, the batsmen cannot make the mistake of taking risks on balls going outside. The WTC Final is to be played between 11-15 June at Lord's Cricket Ground, with 16 June has been kept as a reserve day.

The final match will start at 3 pm Indian time. Indian fans can watch this match live on 'Star Sports Network'. Apart from this, live streaming of the match can be seen on 'Disney Plus Hotstar'.

Playing-11 of Team South Africa (Playing-11) - Temba Bavuma (Captain), Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verrin, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.

Playing-11 of Team Australia (Playing-11) - Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (Captain), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.