South African team has defeated Sri Lanka in the second test. It defeated by 109 runs at St. George's ground. With this, South Africa has won this two-match test series 2-0. Temba Bavuma's team had set a target of 348 runs, in response to which Sri Lanka could score only 238 runs. With this victory, South Africa has also won the race for the World Test Championship. It has captured the number-1 position in the points table by defeating Australia.

Here are the heroes of victory

From the WTC point of view, this match was very important for South Africa. During this period, many players of the team performed brilliantly and played important roles. While defending 347 runs, Keshav Maharaj bowled brilliantly and took 5 wickets for 76 runs in 25 overs. Kagiso Rabada and Dane Pietersen took 2-2 wickets. Whereas Marco Johnson took 1 wicket. In the first innings, Pietersen helped in taking a lead of 30 runs by taking 5 wickets. He took 7 wickets in the entire match. For this he was also chosen Player of the Match.

Apart from the bowlers of South Africa, the batsmen did their job very well. Captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and batted first. During this, Ryan Rickelton and Kyle Vereen scored centuries. Captain Bavuma himself scored a half-century, on the basis of which his team was successful in scoring a big score of 358 runs in the first innings.

In response, Sri Lanka could score 328 runs. Then in the second innings too, South Africa scored 317 runs, thanks to the fifties of captain Bavuma and Aiden Markram. With the help of a lead of 30 runs in the first innings, a total target of 348 runs was given. After this, the Sri Lankan team was defeated on the score of 238 and won the series with the match.

South Africa reached the top

The South African team has got a huge benefit from this victory. Now she has moved from second to first place in the points table of WTC. Within 24 hours, it has defeated the Australian team and won the number-1 crown. South Africa now has 63.33 percentage points in 10 matches with 6 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw. Now to go to the finals it has to win the next two matches against Pakistan. At the same time, Australia's victory percentage has increased from 57.69 to 60.71. He is at number two. Indian team is at third position with 57.29 percentage points and Sri Lanka is at fourth position with 45.45 percentage points. Let us tell you that other teams are out of this race.