South African players who give up IPL to win WTC..!?
Many are praising the actions of the South African players who left the series in the final stages of the 2025 IPL series as the main reason for south africa winning the World Test Championship. The 2025 IPL series was initially announced to end on May 27. However, in the meantime, the IPL series was stopped for ten days due to the India-Pakistan war tension. After that, when the IPL resumed, the schedule was changed. Accordingly, it was announced that the IPL final would be held on june 3. However, the World Test championship final was to be held on june 10. In it, the Australian and South African teams were to data-face each other. They had to practice for at least two weeks. Eight South African players who were on the team for that final were playing in the IPL series.
Kagiso Rabada - gujarat Titans
Aiden Markram - lucknow Super Giants
Marco Johnson - punjab Kings
Tristan Stubbs - delhi Capitals
Lungi Ngidi - royal challengers Bangalore
Wian Mulder - Sunrisers hyderabad
Ryan Rickelton - mumbai Indians
Corbin piyush - mumbai Indians
It is noteworthy that seven of these eight were in the playing eleven for the World Test championship final against Australia. Australian players humiliated South African players. The South African team has now got the trophy as a result of boycotting the IPL series for the World Test championship final for their country. That too after 27 years, the South African team created history by winning an ICC trophy. At the same time, Australian fast bowler josh Hazlewood played for the royal challengers Bangalore team until the final. He thought that the IPL was more important. The Australian cricket organization also left it to the World Test championship later, and those who are interested in the IPL first. As a result, there has been criticism that josh Hazlewood did not make a big impact in the final. This action by south africa is a great example of how much success a team can achieve by prioritizing international competitions.