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AB de Villiers, the South Africa captain, said he expected India to bounce back in the third ODI, after his side beat the visitors by 134 runs to win the second ODI and the series in Durban

MS Dhoni was satisfied by how his bowlers made a comeback from the pasting in Johannesburg and in the first half of this match, but his batsmen left him disappointed this time

Following South Africa's thrashing of India in Durban, Hashim Amla said he it was "embarrassing" to beat Viv Richards' record for the fastest to 4000 runs in ODIs

India made significant changes to their bowling attack, played on a surface far more suited to them and showed some improvement from Thursday, but the end result was still the same

Virat Kohli was left to defend his fellow India batsmen against statements from the opposition that some of them might have been frightened in the first ODI against South Africa

Dale Steyn has said some of the Indian batsmen were frightened in the first ODI, and that their bowling needs an injection of pace if they are to bother South Africa