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Aiden Markram opened the innings for South Africa on Friday and scored 102 runs from 159 balls with the help of 11 fours.
Virat Kohli’s old tweet for Aiden Markram after his century in WTC 2025 final goes viral. (Picture Credit: AP, Sportzpics)
Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten century for South Africa on Friday (June 13) to boost their hopes of getting the better of Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final. In the match taking place at Lord’s, Markram opened the innings for South Africa in the 2nd innings and finished the day’s play at 102 runs. During his stay at the crease so far, Markram has faced 159 balls and hammered 11 fours. He has added 143 runs from 232 balls for the third wicket with South African captain Temba Bavuma, who is batting on 65 runs from 121 balls.
After Markram completed his century by hitting Josh Hazlewood for a four on the fifth ball of the 55th over of South Africa’s inning, a seven-year-old of Virat Kohli went viral on the internet.
In his tweet from March 24, 2018, Kohli praised Markram by posting, “Aiden Markram is a delight to watch.”
The screenshot of Kohli’s old tweet was shared by Punjab Kings on X.
Here’s a look:
Markram, who scored a six-ball duck for the Proteas in the first innings, batted sensibly on Friday and added 61 runs for the second wicket with Wiaan Mulder (27 runs from 50 balls) after Mitchell Starc removed Ryan Rickelton for 6 runs on the first ball of the third over. After Mulder’s wicket, Markram formed a solid partnership with Bavuma and kept the Proteas at bay.
The century on Friday helped Markram become the first South African batter to score a century in ICC finals. A total of 15 batters have scored 16 centuries in ICC finals played across formats, but Markram is the first one to cross the triple-figure mark for the Proteas.
He also became the third batter after Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards to score a century in the ICC final played at Lord’s and also joined Steve Smith and Travis Head in an elite list of batters who have a century to their credit in WTC finals.
Markram, who led South Africa to the T20 World Cup final last year, will look to maintain his good show with the bat on Saturday as well and help his team score the remaining 69 runs as well to secure a historic win over Australia at the Home of Cricket.
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