Overview
- India chased 271 with ease at 271/1 in 39.5 overs, built on a 155-run opening stand from Rohit Sharma (75) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (116 not out), before Virat Kohli closed on 65 not out.
- Jaiswal was named Player of the Match and became the sixth Indian to record centuries in Tests, ODIs and T20Is.
- Rohit crossed 20,000 international runs during the innings, joining Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli among Indians to reach the mark.
- Prasidh Krishna (4-66) and Kuldeep Yadav (4-41) bowled out South Africa for 270, halting momentum after Quinton de Kock’s 106 and Temba Bavuma’s 48.
- Kohli earned Player of the Series with two hundreds and a fifty across the three games, as the teams shift to a five-match T20I series starting Tuesday in Cuttack.