South Africa made early inroads at Chepauk as Chris Morris had Rohit Sharma caught at midwicket for 21 BCCI
Some agile wicketkeeping from Quinton de Kock helped South Africa see the back of Shikhar Dhawan. India were now 35 for 2 BCCI
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Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane then came together for a century stand, Kohli bringing up his fifty off 51 balls BCCI
Dale Steyn brought an end to the partnership when he had Ajinkya Rahane edge one to de Kock for 45 BCCI
Raina fell trying to hoick one over midwicket, but not before making a 52-ball 53 BCCI
Kohli brought up his 23rd ODI ton with a straight six and celebrated in true Kohli style... BCCI
He eventually fell for a 140-ball 138, striking six fours and five sixes and battling the cramp-inducing heat and humidity. In the end though, South Africa did pull things back, restricting India to 299 for 8 AFP
Hashim Amla was the first South African batsman to head back to the change room as he was caught at mid-wicket trying to pull Mohit Sharma Associated Press
Harbhajan Singh rolled back the years with a stellar display of offspin bowling and had de Kock caught behind for 43 BCCI
Spin was becoming increasingly hard to negotiate and Amit Mishra showed why, inducing a faint edge off du Plessis' bat and reducing South Africa to 79 for 3 AFP
Harbhajan came back to trap David Miller lbw for 6, leaving the visitors on 88 for 4 AFP
Even after the wicket of Farhaan Behardien, AB de Villiers was unfazed, bringing up his 50 off 67 balls and his hundred in just 98 to keep South Africa in the hunt AFP
But with de Villiers' wicket South Africa's hopes too died. India's bowlers almost cleaned up the tail and went on to win by 35 runs and make it 2-2 in the five-match series. BCCI
