India’s Virat Kohli (left) and Yashasvi Jaiswal rejoice after successful the third one-day worldwide cricket match between India and South Africa on December 6, 2025. — AFP
India registered a 2-1 collection victory towards South Africa after opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s maiden hundred in one-day internationals secured their nine-wicket romp within the third and last match in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
Jaiswal, who performed second fiddle in a gap stand of 155 with Rohit Sharma (75), smashed an unbeaten 116 as India chased down a 271-run goal with greater than 10 overs to spare.
“The most pleasing thing about the series, is how we held our nerve,” India captain KL Rahul mentioned on the presentation ceremony.
“South Africa came out with an intent to put us under pressure, one result didn’t go our way but we weren’t too upset.”
Earlier, Quinton de Kock struck a brisk 106, but South Africa had been dismissed for a beneath‑par 270 within the forty eighth over.
In a notable prelude, India ended a luckless sequence of 20 consecutive misplaced tosses in ODIs.
Skipper Rahul punched the air to rejoice that and elected to discipline to spare his bowlers the predicament of getting to function with a moist ball as soon as the night dew set in.
South Africa’s innings started shakily with the early departure of Ryan Rickelton however De Kock and Temba Bavuma, who made 48, solid a century stand to regular their innings.
Ravindra Jadeja eliminated Bavuma to interrupt the partnership, and Prasidh Krishna (4‑66), who bled 27 in his first two overs, returned to dismiss Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram and De Kock in a decisive spell to show the match on its head.
Left‑arm wrist‑spinner Kuldeep Yadav (4‑41) then cleaned up the tail, consigning South Africa to their first sub‑300 complete of the collection.
India, who misplaced the previous check collection 2-0, started strongly of their chase with Rohit main their cost.
The 38 12 months previous former India captain compiled a sophisticated 75 – his fourth fifty plus rating in 5 innings – anchoring a giant opening stand with Jaiswal, who was comfortable to bide time on the different finish.
Rohit departed after fluffing his slog sweep towards spinner Keshav Maharaj however Jaiswal went on to turn into the sixth Indian to hit 100 in all three worldwide codecs of the sport.
Virat Kohli, now lively completely within the ODI format like Rohit, walked out to thunderous applause and made a sometimes fluent 65 not out, which adopted his a whole lot in Ranchi and Raipur.
“Playing the way I have in the series is the most satisfying thing for me,” participant of the collection Kohli mentioned.
“I feel really free in my mind. I haven’t played like this in two three years.”
