Overview
- India won the Visakhapatnam decider by nine wickets to clinch the ODI series 2-1, chasing 271 in 39.5 overs as Yashasvi Jaiswal hit 116 not out, Rohit Sharma made 75 and Virat Kohli finished on 65 not out.
- Kohli was named Player of the Series after scoring 302 runs across three ODIs, following hundreds in Ranchi and Raipur with an unbeaten fifty in the finale.
- South Africa were bowled out for 270 after Quinton de Kock’s 106, with Kuldeep Yadav taking 4-41 and Prasidh Krishna striking in a pivotal second spell for 4-66, including a 3-9 burst.
- Jaiswal’s century was his first in ODIs and placed him as the sixth Indian with hundreds in all three international formats, earning him Player of the Match.
- Focus now shifts to a five-match T20I series starting December 9 in Cuttack, as head coach Gautam Gambhir targets a 20–25 player pool for 2027 with Ruturaj Gaikwad and Jaiswal staking claims and Shubman Gill declared fit.