South Africa slam 438 to flatten India in decider

South Africa won their first-ever bilateral series in India after Faf du Plessis' first, Quinton de Kock's second and AB de Villiers' third centuries of the series, which helped the visitors soar to the highest total in the five matches, the highest at the Wankhede and the highest against India. They did not subject India to their biggest margin of defeat, but they did bowl them out more than 200 runs short of the target, no mean feat in batsmen-friendly conditions.

South Africa's line-up enjoyed the track, which offered almost no bounce or turn most, and applied aggression in waves reminiscent of the day nine years ago when they scored this exact number of runs against Australia at the Wanderers. Then, South Africa were chasing, this time they were making India's bowlers do that. India have never conceded more runs in an ODI; South Africa have scored more but only by one. This was their sixth score over 400 and fourth in 2015 alone, and it underlined their ability to dominate opposition on their own turf.

AB de Villiers is a bad, bad man. He makes the game look so easy. Is he the best ODI batsman ever after Sir Viv? He gets my vote.

100 runs in 56 balls ... or was it 55 balls


- his fifty came off 34 balls -


Viv was 56 balls