India, June 13 -- South Africa's opening batter, Aiden Markram, rose to the challenge to smash a century in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at the Lord's Cricket Ground on Friday. Chasing 282, Markram provided a solid start to the Proteas, and he eventually brought up his 8th Test ton off 156 balls on Day 3. He brought up the milestone off the bowling of Josh Hazlewood in the 55th over of the game.

Markram mixed caution with aggression as he took down the much-famed Australia pace attack of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. He even didn't let Nathan Lyon settle down at the crease as South Africa showed no signs of taking the backseat.

Upon bringing up the three-figure mark, Markram was ver...