South Africa beat India in final ODI

AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis knocked centuries to set up South Africa comforts a 90-run victory over India in the third and final ODI on Saturday.

De Villiers cracked a quickfire 102 not out for his sixth hundred and skipper Kallis a solid unbeaten 104 for his 17th century as South Africa posted their highest one-day total of 2-365 against India. De Villiers's century came off just 58 deliveries, the seventh-fastest in one-day cricket. De Villiers and Kallis made the most of India's depleted attack, adding 173 for the unfinished third wicket with a wide range of strokes. They built on impressive efforts from openers Hashim Amla (87) and Loots Bosman (68).

India rested openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag along with pacer Praveen Kumar and Ashish Nehra after gaining an unbeatable 2-0 lead on Wednesday. India were all out for 275 in the day & night match in Ahmedabad. Suresh Raina (49), Rohit Sharma (48) and Ravindra Jadeja (36) were the other main scorers for India.

South African paceman Dale Steyn did the maximum damage as he finished with 3 wickets for 37 runs. Lonwabo Tsotsobe bagged 3 wickets while spinners Johan Botha and Roelof van der Merwe took 2 wickets each. The South African bowlers were superbly backed by wicket-keeper Mark Boucher who finished with 5 victims.