Aiden Markram vs Usman Khawaja - comparing their stats after 45 Tests ahead of WTC 2025 final

South African batter Aiden Markram and Australia's Usman Khawaja will be up against each other as the two nations face off in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final. The WTC 2025 final begins on Wednesday, June 11, and is set to be played at Lord's, London.

Aiden Markram made his Test debut in 2017 against Bangladesh and has featured in 45 Tests for South Africa so far. The last Test that he played was against Pakistan in Cape Town earlier this year.

Usman Khawaja played his first Test for Australia in 2011 against England. Khawaja has played 80 Tests for Australia in his international career, with the last being against Sri Lanka at Galle this year.

Both batters are likely to open the batting for their respective nations in the WTC 2025 final. While Australia are the defending champions, having won the final of the previous edition, this is the first time South Africa have made it to the final.

That said, here is a comparison of the stats of Aiden Markram and Usman Khawaja after 45 Tests ahead of the WTC 2025 final.

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Aiden Markram vs Usman Khawaja comparison after 45 Tests

#1 Most runs

Aiden Markram has played 45 Tests in his international career leading upto the WTC 2025 final. The right-hander has scored 2857 runs from 82 innings so far.

On the other hand, Usman Khawaja has played 80 Tests, having scored 5930 runs from 144 innings. However, from his first 45 Tests, Khawaja had scored 3125 runs from 79 innings.

Having played fewer innings, Khawaja had more runs than what Markram has after 45 Tests.

Player	Matches	Innings	Runs
Aiden Markram	45	82	2857
Usman Khawaja	45	79	3125

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#2 Average and Strike Rate

From his 45 Tests so far for South Africa, Aiden Markram has an average of 35.71 and a strike-rate of 59.48.

Usman Khawaja has an average of 45.61 and a strike-rate of 48.93 overall from his 80 Tests till date. Looking at his first 45 matches in the longest format, the left-hander had an average of 43.40 and a strike-rate of 50.78.

Therefore, Khawaja had a better average than Markram while the South African has a better strike-rate than the Australian.

Player	Matches	Average	Strike Rate
Aiden Markram	45	35.71	59.48
Usman Khawaja	45	43.40	50.78

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#3 Performance in a winning cause

Out of his 2857 Test runs from 45 matches in the format, Aiden Markram has scored 2042 runs in a winning cause. The right-hander has scored four hundreds and 11 fifties in a winning cause.

Meanwhile, Usman Khawaja has scored 3381 runs in a winning cause from his 80 Tests so far with nine hundreds and 17 fifties as well. From his first 45 Tests, Khawaja had scored 1733 runs in a winning cause with eight fifties and six hundreds.

Therefore, Markram has more runs in a winning cause in this period. He also has more fifties while Khawaja has more hundreds.

Player	Matches	Total runs	Runs in a winning cause	50/100	Total 50+ scores in a winning cause
Aiden Markram	45	2857	2042	11/4	15
Usman Khawaja	45	3125	1733	8/6	14

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#4 Home/Away record

Aiden Markram has played 29 Tests at home and 16 Tests away out of his 45 matches. He has scored 2202 runs at home with six hundreds and 10 fifties and has 655 runs away with a hundred and three fifties.

On the other hand, Usman Khawaja had played 25 home and 20 away Tests from his first 45 matches. He scored 2092 runs at home with eight hundreds and nine fifties. Khawaja made 1033 runs runs away with two hundreds and five fifties.

Player	Matches	Runs at home	Runs away	50/100 at home	50/100 away
Aiden Markram	45	2202	655	10/6	3/1
Usman Khawaja	45	2092	1033	9/8	5/2