India, June 14 -- Riding on a sensational century by Aiden Markram (136), South Africa defeated Australia by five wickets to clinch the World Test Championship at Lord's on Saturday.

Australia was the defending champion of the title.

Aiden Markram played a heroic knock where he hit 14 boundaries to ensure South Africa a major ICC title, ending their chokers tag.

Apart from Aiden, skipper Temba Bavuma (66) made crucial contributions, which helped South Africa cruise to victory.

David Bedingham scored 21 runs at the end of the innings to aid South Africa's run chase.

In the tense match, Australia tried to bounce back at regular intervals in the clash.

Mitchell Starc took three wickets while Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins scalped a wic...