South Africa registered a historic win in the ICC World Test Championship Final 2025 by beating Australia. With this, they ended their 27-year ICC trophy drought. However, Aiden Markram hoped that Test cricket would remain the pinnacle of the sport in South Africa. Markram also stated that Test was his favourite format and hoped that young cricketers strive for this format as well.

“It has always been my most favourite and most important format. Naturally, the choice of format is not in our hands, it is sort of the cards that you get dealt, really. It is really important, in my opinion, to keep Test cricket as the No. 1 format in South Africa. We understand the dynamics of the cricket world, but it is more about the young guy coming through and for him to consider the Test cap as the most important thing in South Africa. How long he plays for is a completely different conversation nowadays, but the No. 1 priority should be to play Test cricket, and I have always believed that,” Aiden Markram said after the WTC Final.

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However, Aiden Markram was under the pump while coming in to bat in the second innings of the final as well. South Africa looked out of the competition after Australia set a target of 282 runs, but Markram scored a hundred alongside Temba Bavuma’s knock helped them win.

“All the questions that have been asked in the past have now hopefully been answered. In my opinion, the WTC Final was going to be the toughest one, as many days of good cricket can only get you results. I wish I could have (stood there and soaked in the standing ovation). But that is me being me, I was so angry at myself when I got out. But there is definitely one or two memories from that,” Aiden Markram concluded.