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South players -Africa and Australia have paid for a sincere tribute to the victims of the devastating fall of the Indian plane in Ahmedabad on June 12 before the play on the 3rd of the continued ICC World Test Championship Final 2025 (Final WTC 2025) starts at The Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.
At a powerful moment of solidarity, the players of the South African and Australian teams wore black weapons and observed a one-minute silence at Lord’s to honor the victims of the tragic Indian air accident in Ahmedabad, who claimed 241 lives.
South players -Africa and Australia pay tribute to the victims of the horrible fall of India
As the tragic incident has shaken the whole world, the players, the officials and the fans cried and noticed that the silence paid tribute to those who lost their lives in one of the most tragic aerial tragedies in India before Matthew Hayden called the iconic bell to resume the game to the Lord.
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Australian and South players -Africa carry black weapons on the 3rd of #Wtcfinal!
◾Tributed to the victims of the tragic fall of the India aircraft in Ahmedabad!
Silence a minute observed before the game!#Apposts #Wtc25 #Savsaus pic.twitter.com/td7zusbhtw– Yogesh Goswami (@yoGeshgoswami_) June 13, 2025
India’s most dead aerial tragedy
In a tearful incident, an Air India flight, linked to London, crashed a few minutes after leaving Ahmedabad on Thursday. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had 242 people on board, including passengers and crew, when he suddenly lost control and burst into flames shortly after departure.
Except Viswashkumar Ramesh, no one survived the fall of the deadliest plane in India. Among the passengers were 169 Indians, 53 from the United Kingdom, 7 Portuguese citizens and 1 Canadian. Unfortunately, the former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani, was also among those who lost their lives in the accident.
The aircraft crashed against a residential section and the BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital’s mess room, just 3 km from the court, instantly killing various doctors, medical students and people on the floor, apart from those on the flight.
More than 290 body bags were recovered when the site became an unimaginable devastation scene. This was the first fatal accident that involved an Air India Dreamliner and the worst aviation disaster in India since the 1996 outdoor collision on Charkhi Dadri.
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Mitchell Starc frustrates protein as Australia builds a great advantage
Meanwhile, speaking of the WTC final, the Australians take off the game South -Africa since they have already taken a 250 lead in Lord’s. Mitchell Starc has shone again with the bat, as the protein bowls are struggling to get this final wicket at Lord’s.
Previously in the game, the Australians were at 144 by 8 and took a strong advantage of 218 over South Africa at the end 2 of day 2 in the final. The Pacers of South -Africa, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi, were highlighted with the ball, taking three doctors each to keep the protein side in the game.
But,, Australia He still holds his upper hand thanks to his dominance of the first Innnings. At the beginning of the day, South -Africa was launched for only 138 runs, and the Australian Captain Pat Cummins ended the impressive numbers of 6 for 28.
Well, Australia is trying to defend their WTC trophy they won after defeating India in the final of 2023. On the other hand, South -Africa hopes to win their first ICC title since 1998.
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