India 271-1 (39.5 Ovs) vs SA 270 | Scorecard
Ottneil Baartman is back into the attack. Three singles off the first four deliveries.
Bosch misses an opportunity to run out Jaiswal as he misses the target.
Six! Jaiswal does a Rishabh Pant and pulls off a falling scoop! The ball sails over the keeper's head for a maximum.
Nine runs come off the over.
Corbin Bosch continues and he starts off with a wide down the leg side.
Two dots later, Kohli sends one flying over deep mid-wicket for an 81-m maximum.
A dot later, he smashes one through deep mid-wicket for a boundary.
A single to third man to finish the over. 12 runs come off it.
India now need 29 runs off 72 balls. Kohli is four runs short of his fifty.
Ottneil Baartman with his seventh over and Kohli brings up his fifty with a boundary through long-on.
Six! The maestro gets under the fullish slower delivery and whips it flat over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.
Follows it up with a single through short fine leg.
Baartman goes round the wicket and Jaiswal goes on the backfoot and taps it back to the bowler.
Four! Jaiswal goes down on his knees and square-drives one elegantly through backward point.
A single through deep mid-wicket to end the over. 16 runs come off it.
India need just 13 runs off 66 balls.
Lungi Ngidi is back into the attack. Short and wide and Jaiswal cuts it firmly through backward point for a boundary.
A single (leg byes) follows.
A dot later, Kohli drills one through deep extra cover for a boundary.
Four more and and India clinch the series with a dominating show in Vizag.
After restring South Africa to 270 in 47.5 overs, India chase down the target with ease, thanks to Yashasvi Jaiswal's maiden ODI hundred and half-centuries by senior statemen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
Jaiswal, who was drafted into the Playing XI only because of the injury to regular skipper Shubman Gill, made full use of the opportunity to push his case for a permanent spot in the ODI squad.
After failing in the opening two games of this series, with scores of 18 and 22, he turned it around with a superlative performance in the decider.
India clinch the ODI series 2-1 after losing the preceding Test series 0-2 to the vising Proteas.
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