Keegan Petersen sparkles - South Africa seal series win against India
Keegan Petersen scored a brilliant 82 as South Africa finished a seven-wicket triumph in the third Test and a 2-1 series prevail upon world number one India on a resentful Newlands pitch having pursued down their difficult objective of 212 on Friday.
The outcome implies India are as yet looking for a first Test series triumph in South Africa having had high expectations when they dominated the initial game. The groups will currently play three One-Day Internationals beginning in Paarl on Wednesday.
South Africa, who were dark horses for the series regardless of home benefit with their unpracticed side, had begun the day on 101 for two and had a lot of cautions on the troublesome pitch against the great Indian seamers, who may have had more prize with better karma.
They possibly had themselves to fault however when Cheteshwar Pujara dropped Petersen at first slip when the batsman had 59, a straightforward possibility off the bowling of Jasprit Bumrah.
It may have carried an alternate tone to the day, however South Africa rode that karma and Petersen examined control before he slashed a Shardul Thakur conveyance onto his stumps 40 minutes before lunch. His innings off only 113 balls followed a fine 72 in the principal innings.
India were left massively baffled by the innovation utilized for excusal references and may experience talked themselves into some difficulty with their purposeful on-field remarks into the stump mouthpieces.
Their disappointment took steps to bubble over when they accepted they had Van der Dussen got behind off the bowling of Mohammed Shami, however the bowler himself showed no interest and got back to his imprint.
Yet, commander Virat Kohli sent the not out choice for audit, and in spite of the fact that there was a spike on the ultra-edge innovation, it was administered the batsman had hit the ground.
It followed India's absolute wrath on Thursday when they accepted they had home chief Dean Elgar out leg before wicket, however in the wake of being given out, the ball-tracker innovation proposed the conveyance was ricocheting over the stumps.