Delhi: With the win in the home Test series against Australia, South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has achieved another big achievement. With the victory in the series decider played in Cape Town, Bavuma has overtaken former India captain Rohit Sharma as captain in the World Test Championship.

Bavuma overtakes Rohit Sharma in WTC

After the series win against Australia, Bavuma has 13 wins in his name as captain in the WTC.

So far, he has captained South Africa in 15 Tests, in which the team has won 13 matches, drawn one match and lost only one.

At the same time, while captaining India, Rohit Sharma played 24 Tests in the WTC, in which the team got 12 wins. Rohit last captained India in the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Now Bavuma has gone ahead of him.

Captain with most Test wins in WTC

Pat Cummins is at first place in terms of winning the most Tests as a captain in WTC.

Ben Stokes is at second and Joe Root at third. Virat Kohli is at fourth position with 14 wins, while Bavuma has reached fifth position with 13 wins.

captain	Victory
pat cummins	26
ben stokes	21
Joe Root	15
Virat Kohli	14
Temba Bavuma	13
Rohit Sharma	12
Tom Latham	11

Made a special record against Pat Cummins also

Bavuma has also maintained his dominance against Australian captain Pat Cummins.

With the victory in the Cape Town Test, they defeated the team captained by Cummins for the third time in the Test. This also includes the World Test Championship final played at Lord's in 2025.

No captain has defeated Cummins so many times in Test cricket.

In this matter, Rohit Sharma and Ben Stokes are behind Bavuma with two wins each.

Captain who has won the most tests against Cummins

captain	match	Victory
Temba Bavuma	4	3
Rohit Sharma	6	2
ben stokes	6	2
Jasprit Bumrah	2	1
Dimuth Karunaratne	2	1
Craig Braithwaite	3	1
Nazmul Hussain Shanto	2	1