WTC Final: Devid Bedingham expresses confidence in South Africa clinching historic title

David Bedingham (Pic: X/@ICC)

In the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia, South Africa's David Bendingham has expressed confidence in his side clinching the historic title.

"It's an amazing day. When they started batting in the third innings, we would've definitely taken 220 for 8. So we are very confident, there's a massive belief in this team," Bedingham told ESPNcricinfo.

The two days of the WTC final have made fans witness what fierce pace bowling looks like. Kagiso Rabada, who claimed five wickets in the first innings of the match, yet again bagged three wickets on Day 2 of the title clash.

Shouldering him in Australia's second innings was Lungi Ngidi. The pacer, too, registered three wickets for 35 runs. The Aussies' batting lineup has collapsed to 144 runs for the loss of eight wickets.

After claiming back-to-back wickets and inching closer to their historic triumph, David Bedingham stated that there's a lot of belief in South Africa's dressing room.

"It's just an amazing chance, and we are all very, very excited about the opportunity to win. Could go either way, but us as a team we are very, very excited and there's a lot of belief in the dressing room," he said.

Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc's valiance offered the Baggy Greens a moment of reprieve. The duo stitched up a 61-run stand to raise the defending champions to 144/8 before the end of the day's play.

Considering how the past two days have unfolded, the batters have had to keep their noses to the grindstone to churn out runs. Pat Cummins felt that the batters had to sweat blood to put runs on the board. Bedingham, who was South Africa's top scorer with 45(111) in the first innings, agreed with the Australian captain but felt conditions could ease up for batters on day three.

"When you have six quality seamers on a tricky pitch it obviously makes batting tough. The way the game's going, the wicket's slowed down a bit, so the nicks won't carry," he said. "So in the fourth innings they'll maybe come a bit straighter and that will probably be the danger on that type of wicket, but hopefully we can get those runs," he concluded.

(With ANI Inputs)