South Africa, the current winner of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25, has moved towards another win in the two-Test series against Zimbabwe. After the brilliant performance in the first Test, the team also dominated the second Test. Meanwhile, captain Vian Mulder took such a decision that surprised everyone. Due to this shocking strategy, Brian Lara’s 21 -year -old historical record was saved from breaking.

Innings declared by scoring 626 runs

In the second Test, South Africa declared the innings by scoring 626 runs for 5 wickets in the first innings. Captain Vian Mulder was unbeaten on 367 runs and looked in a great rhythm. Looking at his batting, it seemed that he could soon break Lara’s record of 400 runs. But during the lunch break, Mulder declared the innings, which surprised all cricket lovers.

Mulder scored an unbeaten 367 runs in 334 balls with the help of 49 fours and 4 sixes. In 2004, Brian Lara scored an unbeaten 400 against England, which is the highest personal score of Test cricket so far. Earlier, in the first Test, Mulder had played an important innings of 147 runs and also took four wickets.

Keshav Maharaj captained in the first Test

Significantly, in the first Test, the team was captained by Keshav Maharaj, while in this match, the command is in the hands of the Mulder. Mulder has so far scored 1153 runs and 35 wickets in 21 Tests at an average of 38.43, including three centuries and a half -century.

In the second Test, David Bedingham scored 82 runs, Luan Dre Pretorius scored 78 runs and wicketkeeper Kaili Wayne scored an unbeaten 42, which scored a strong score. South Africa is now very close to winning the series.