Visakhapatnam, Dec. 6 -- Veteran wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock slammed his seventh ODI century, ensuring South Africa reached a fighting total after Team India bowlers exhibited some disciplined bowling in the third and final ODI at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

The Proteas scored 270 runs in 47.5 overs, with Quinton playing a fantastic knock of 106 runs off 89 balls, which included eight fours and six maximums. For India, Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna picked four wickets each.

After being asked to bat first, South Africa started their innings on a poor note. The visitors lost their opener, Ryan Rickelton, for a four-ball duck in the very first over. Left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh removed Rickelton with KL Rahul ta...