Mumbai, Oct. 7 -- South Africa's ICC World Test Championship (WTC) winning captain Temba Bavuma called the title win a "massive step forward" and admitted that a lot of players in the team were "driven by hurt" caused by knockout stage/final losses in previous ICC events.

History was created at Lord's in London as Aiden Markram's exquisite 136 in 207 balls and Bavuma's gutsy 66 run knock despite a hamstring injury powered South Africa to their first-ever major world title in cricket across any format in June this year as they chased down 282 set by defending champions Australia.

Just before this, SA had lost to India in the T20 World Cup 2024 final by seven runs and endured a heartbreaking loss to Australia in the WC 2023 semifinal in I...