The epic clash between South Africa and Australia saw 2.94 billion minutes of viewing and had a reach of 47 million on TV, while also racking up 225 million views on digital
It is only fitting that South Africa's first ICC title in 27 years came under their country's first black African captain, a player who was often criticised for not being 'good enough'
Against the ever-impressive Australia, captain Temba Bavuma and Aiden Markram have put South Africa at striking distance from a historic ICC Trophy win at the Lord's
Mitchell Starc scored a potential match-winning 58 as Australia went past 200 from reeling at 73-7 late on the second day
The Australians would have expected the threat to once again be from Kagiso Rabada but Lungi Ngidi walked out of his star teammate's shadows to deliver a match-defining spell
The Australian captain got the coveted 300 Tests club on the second day of the WTC final and also registered the best bowling figures by a Test captain at Lord's
Australian stalwart Steve Smith got to his 18th fifty-plus score in England – the most by a visiting batter – and also got on top of the run charts for overseas batters at Lord's
Both Steve Smith and Kagiso Rabada hold prolific records in England and at the ‘Home of Cricket’, but in a winner-takes-it-all battle, who will prevail?
Australia-South Africa Tests may not have the hype of an Ashes series or an India-Australia duel but the two sides have produced several classics over the years
World Test Championships is unlikely to be made a two-tier league any time soon by the ICC although Cricket Australia is in favour of having two divisions
Temba Bavuma's South Africa have now won six successive tests, starting with success in the West Indies in August and following it with two-test series wins in Bangladesh and then home to Sri Lanka last month
India will have to win all the three remaining Tests of the BGT to qualify for the World Test Championship Final but the odds are greatly in Australia's favour
Young Nitish Kumar Reddy was the only bright spot for India at Adelaide Oval; the result pushed India behind Australia and South Africa in the WTC Table
Australia fell to the third spot in the WTC table as South Africa's PCT went up to 59.25 after beating Sri Lanka; claiming the Border Gavaskar Trophy at the best margin possible remains a priority to both India and Australia
India have to beat Australia 4-0 to ensure their spot at the WTC final while the latter need four wins from seven for automatic qualification. The equation is bit more trickier for Sri Lanka and others
Gill penalised an additional 15 pc for questioning umpire
The catch became controversial as the ball seemed to be touching the ground
India need to score 280 runs in 90 overs on the final day
India lost the remaining wickets quickly after the lunch break
India remained behind in the game despite the resilience of Rahane
Australians were bowled out for 469 runs
India left out Ashwin from the playing XI for a four-pronged pace attack
India went in with a four-pronged pace attack
India will take on Australia in the title clash later today
India has been the most consistent side over the past two WTC cycles
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