After the victory of South Africa at the WTC Final, the ‘machinegun style’ of the bawuma, the weapon of the mess; VIDEO
Temba Bavuma Machine Gun Celebration: In the WTC Final 2025 played at Lord’s, South Africa defeated Australia by 5 wickets to become the World Test Champion for the first time. The target of 282 runs was achieved on the fourth day with the help of Aidan Markram’s brilliant century and Temba Bawuma’s strong innings. After the victory, captain Bawuma celebrated the mess like a ‘machine gun’ and celebrated a lot of enthusiasm. His style went viral on social media.
South African players celebrated tremendous celebrations after becoming the World Test champion at Lord’s historic ground, but captain Temba Bawuma’s happiness came out in a different way. After the victory, Bawuma was seen acting to run the mess (winning trophy) like a machine gun, which was on social media shortly after.
This victory was very special for South Africa. After 27 years, the team won an ICC trophy and that too by defeating a powerful team like Australia in the final. South Africa achieved the target of 282 runs by losing 5 wickets, with the bowlers’ best performance led by Aidan Markram’s century and Kagiso Rabada.
As soon as the bawuma gestured to run the mess on his shoulder and run like a ‘machine gun’, the fans present in the field jumped into the laughter. This act was not just fun, but also a glimpse of that passion and confidence, on which South Africa fulfilled the dream of the ICC Trophy. This style of Bawuma shows how much this victory matters to him. After winning the battle on the field, coming into the mode of fun is a sign of the real champion.
Talking about the match, in the first innings, South Africa was maintained by Kagiso Rabada in the match with five wickets, which reduced the Australia team to just 212 runs. However, Pat Cummins hit back six wickets and stopped South Africa for just 138 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, all the Australian batsmen flopped except for Michel Stark and Alex Carrie and the entire team was all out for 207 runs. This gave South Africa a target of 282 runs.
After this, Aidan Markram, who landed on the field, played a 136 -run match innings and captain Bawuma played him well by 66 runs. The partnership of both of them completely excluded Australia from the match. With this victory, South Africa has become the third team to win the World Test Championship title and has written a new chapter for itself in the history of cricket.
