WTC 2025 Final: 'One Of My Mates From School', Reveals Aiden Markram As He Accepts A Sip Of Beer After His Heroics For South Africa; Video

South African star batter Aiden Markram opened up on his post-match celebration with a school friend following his heroics during the World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Lord's Cricket Ground. Markram stated that he was offered a beer after the match and he gladly accepted it as part of a celebration.

Although Markram perished for a duck in the first innings, the 30-year-old was rock solid in the second, scoring a defiant 136 to put South Africa in front in pursuit of 232. By the time the right-handed batter perished, the Proteas needed only six runs and Kyle Verreynne finished things off to send the fans into jubilation at the Home of Cricket.

When asked by a reporter about the celebrations, Markram had revealed:

"That was cool. That was one of my mates from school. He wanted me to come over and I said, Flip man, I can't its too busy, it's chaos. And then he was like, here's a beer. I was like, okay, I'm in. So, I've had my first one for today and I'm pretty sure there will be a few more.

"We certainly know he is someone for the big occasion" - Aiden Markram

Speaking at the press conference after day three of WTC 2025 final, batting coach Ashwell Prince says they didn't anticipate any less from Markram, labelling him as the man for big occasion. Prince said, as quoted by SMH:

"We certainly know he is someone for the big occasion, of that there is no doubt. We know what he’s capable of. As soon as Aiden and Temba came up the stairs, the first thing [coach Shukri Conrad] said was ‘guys, you do the same as you do every night, don’t change a thing, we’ll come in and have the same warmups, the same processes."