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India head coach Ravi Shastri, during the post-series press conference, told reporters to "buy the latest Oxford dictionary" to improve vocabulary for describing Virat Kohli's form. "It's not just about averages, it is the way you get runs...and impact those runs have on what the team does. I'd simply say he is the best batsman," Shastri added.

On being asked how he will rate his century against South Africa in the sixth ODI, India captain Virat Kohli said it's not his job to say anything about what he does and he is not doing anyone a favour. "This is a job for me. If I make a mistake, I'll accept it...I'm never one to...praise myself," Kohli added.

Suresh Raina, who had last played a T20I for India in February 2017, said that coming back to Team India feels like he is playing for the first time in the Indian jersey. "The wait to get back...made me tougher and hungrier. Each and every lap I ran during training, I was only thinking about (comeback)" he added.

India registered their fifth consecutive victory in T20Is after defeating South Africa by 28 runs in the first T20I at Johannesburg on Sunday. Batting first, India posted their highest total against South Africa as Dhawan scored the fastest fifty by an Indian against South Africa in T20Is. The second T20I of the three-match series will take place on Wednesday.

Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become the first Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul in all three formats in international cricket. Bhuvneshwar achieved the feat by taking his first T20I five-wicket haul against South Africa on Sunday. The 28-year-old, who ended with figures of 4-0-24-5, is the second Indian to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is after Yuzvendra Chahal.

Former India captain MS Dhoni has set the record for most catches by a wicketkeeper in T20 cricket, taking his 134th catch against South Africa on Sunday. Playing in his 275th T20, Dhoni surpassed former Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara's record of 133 catches in 254 T20s. Earlier, Dhoni became the third wicketkeeper to take 600 catches in international cricket.

During South Africa's seventh over in the first T20I, Jasprit Bumrah jumped and threw the ball inside the fence while airborne, but umpires signalled it as six. It was declared a maximum as Bumrah's feet were touching the rope before he jumped to catch the ball. If Bumrah would've jumped from inside the boundary, it wouldn't have been a six.

Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni slammed his second fifty of his over 11-year T20I career, against South Africa on Wednesday. Playing his 77th T20I innings, Dhoni smashed 52* off 28 balls including 3 sixes and 4 fours. Dhoni, who had not scored any fifty in his first 65 T20I innings, has now scored two in last 12 innings.

South Africa registered a 6-wicket victory in the second T20I at Centurion on Wednesday to end India's winning streak of five T20I matches and level the three-match series 1-1. India had last lost a T20I match on November 4, 2017 against New Zealand at Rajkot. The series decider will take place at Cape Town on Saturday.

Indian opener Rohit Sharma, who got out for a golden duck against South Africa on Wednesday, now has four ducks in T20Is, the most by an Indian batsman. Rohit surpassed veteran all-rounder Yusuf Pathan and former fast bowler Ashish Nehra, who had been dismissed for zero three times each. Overall, it was Rohit's 20th international duck and fifth golden duck.

Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal conceded most runs by an Indian in a T20I match after giving away 64 runs against South Africa on Wednesday. Chahal went past Joginder Sharma, who had leaked 57 runs against England in 2007. Further, Chahal also became the first Indian bowler and fifth overall to be hit for 7 sixes in a T20I match.

Reacting to MS Dhoni allegedly abusing Manish Pandey in the final over of India's innings in the second T20I against South Africa, a user wrote, "Bigaad diya Kohli ne." Other tweets read, "Hahaha...never seen that side of Dhoni before," and, "Special credits to Manish Pandey for making Dhoni angry...He scored 17 runs in next 5 balls after that incident."

Former Indian all-rounder Roger Binny has said Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya is lucky to be called an all-rounder. "He doesn't contribute with the bat...He has got into the Test team based on his exploits in T20 cricket," added Roger. Pandya has scored 39 runs and has taken six wickets in eight matches in the limited-overs series against South Africa.

Former India captain MS Dhoni got angry at non-striker Manish Pandey after the first ball of the last over of India's innings during the second T20I against South Africa on Wednesday. Dhoni angrily asked Pandey to focus towards him while he is batting instead of looking elsewhere. The 36-year-old went on to smash the subsequent ball for a six.

Rating points in rankings, which signify a batsman's moving average, are calculated by combining his weighted performance in the latest match with his previous rating. The factors that influence the points include runs scored, ratings of opposing bowling attack, level of scoring and match result, among others. If a batsman achieves over 900 points, it is considered a 'supreme achievement'.

Virat Kohli will not be playing the T20I series decider against South Africa at Cape Town due to a stiff back. The Indian team will be lead by opener Rohit Sharma and includes Axar Patel, Dinesh Karthik and Jasprit Bumrah in place of Yuzvendra Chahal, Virat Kohli and Jaydev Unadkat respectively. This will be Rohit's fourth T20I match as captain.

India defeated South Africa in the third T20I on Saturday to win the three-match series 2-1 and claim their third consecutive T20I series win. Before this series, India had whitewashed Sri Lanka 3-0 and won the three-match series against New Zealand 2-1 at home. India will next play a T20I tri-series against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in March.

Virat Kohli on Saturday received the ICC Test Championship mace on behalf of Team India for the second consecutive year for being the number one Test team. India, who have been at the top since October 2016, retained the mace after winning the third Test against South Africa last month. India will also receive a cash award of $1 million.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar took seven wickets in the three T20Is against South Africa to set the record for the most wickets by an Indian pacer in a bilateral T20I series. Kumar surpassed the record of six wickets jointly held by Jasprit Bumrah, Barinder Sran, and Hardik Pandya. Kumar had an average of 9.57 and economy rate of 6.09 in the series.

Reacting to India captain Virat Kohli giving opener Shikhar Dhawan a head massage in the dressing room during the third India-South Africa T20I, a user tweeted, "Kohli transferring his skills to Dhawan. What a captain." Other users wrote, "Kohli giving free massage... and people say he is too arrogant," and, "Kohli apologising to Dhawan for run-out in 1st ODI."