Delhi: The day after winning the title of South Africa ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025, the team head coach Shukri Conrad said that cricket is very important for his players and people of the whole country.

In the final match played at Lord’s on Saturday, South Africa defeated defending champions Australia by five wickets to end the World Test Championship Mess and ended the title drought for 27 years. Opener Aidon Markram played a crucial innings of 136 runs, with the help of which Protians lost 5 wickets before lunch on the fourth day and achieved the team a historic victory by achieving a target of 282 runs.

Two months ago, the coach Conrad, who was a first class cricketer who lost his father Cedic two months ago, said in a passionate manner, “I play a father in a way, because most of the players are of my child’s age. These players keep me young, although people like this headache too. Is messing up, and those who listen to the music… O God! But we do coaching for all of us. ”

In this way, he also told the name of the player of South Africa who has the most fun – fast bowler Dane Patterson.

After this historic victory of South Africa, left -handed star spinner Keshav Maharaj became emotional and could not stop tears of happiness. He said, “This is like a dream for me to be fulfilled, which came true before Father’s Day at Lord’s. It’s even more special, because my family is with me.

This victory of South Africa brought a memorable and viral picture, in which captain Temba Bawuma was seen holding the mess of WTC in one hand and his son’s hand in the other hand. Bawuma said, “I have changed a lot as a human being after becoming a father. The teammates also say that it has made me a better person. This experience is special and inspires you to play for someone else.”