South Africa Vs India 2018

Ravi Shastri's attempt to employ siege mentality is his way of keeping Team India fired up

Shastri understands the Indian dressing room better than most others. He knows when to tighten the screws and when to loosen up.

U-19 star Manjot Kalra names Virat Kohli as his idol, describes India captain's finishing abilities as 'amazing'

India U-19 star Manjot Kalra named batting superstar and fellow Delhiite Virat Kohli as his cricketing idol, mentioning his knocks in the South Africa as prime examples in art of chasing with perfection.

Firstpost at Laureus: Steve Waugh believes Virat Kohli needs to rope in his emotions on the field

"As a captain, he is still developing and needs some time to rope in his excitement and emotions. But that’s the way he plays. I think he just needs to get a bit of awareness that everyone in the side cannot play in that fashion," Waugh said.

India vs South Africa: Virat Kohli's aggressive captaincy stands out but slip-catching remains a cause of concern

Kohli kept the team pumped-up even as external factors, like unexpected rain in drought-hit regions, impacted his team at most inopportune moments.

India vs South Africa: MS Dhoni's record to JP Duminy's six-hitting spree, a look at statistical highlights from T20Is

Let’s look at some of the records created and broken during the T20I series.

India vs South Africa: Rohit Sharma says visitors succeeded because they never backed down in adverse situations

India never backed down in adverse situations and played an aggressive brand of cricket to emerge as deserving winners in the limited over series, said stand-in captain Rohit Sharma.

India vs South Africa: Visitors' bowling experience was the difference between two sides, says Ottis Gibson

South Africa coach Ottis Gibson said India's experience in the bowling department was the main difference between the two sides as Virat Kohli's men clinched the T20 International series 2-1 with a thrilling seven-run victory in the third and final game in Cape Town.

India vs South Africa: Christiaan Jonker, JP Duminy score highest for hosts; Heinrich Klaasen disappoints in 3rd T20I

Although South Africa tried their best and fought till the end, India were just too good for them as they fell short of their target of 173 runs by eight runs. Let us look at how all the Proteas fared in this match.

India vs South Africa: Proteas once again choke under pressure in crunch match while visitors' temperament made the difference

In the face of extreme pressure and heat, the South Africans melted away while some of India’s best forged themselves into an alloy of the finest kind.

India vs South Africa: Suresh Raina, Bhuvneshwar Kumar ace 3rd T20I report card; Axar Patel scores the lowest

Spurred on by a superb powerplay with the ball on a sluggish wicket at Cape Town, India raced to a seven-run win over South Africa. Here's rating every Indian player's performance in the final T20I.