'We played the cricket that the wicket allowed us to' - de Kock

Set a target of 135 after a strong show from their bowlers, it took South Africa only 16.5 overs to chase it down. De Kock led the effort himself, with an unbeaten 52-ball 79, his second straight half-century in the series.

"Coming into the series, we worked really hard on our catching and fielding in general," the South Africa captain said. "It is a good feeling to see everything coming together, from a captain's point of view and from the team's point of view. It is nice to see that hard work pays off."

De Kock seemed specifically impressed with left-arm spinner Bjorn Fortuin, who conceded just 19 from his three overs and priced out Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer in the 13th over to dent India. "I am impressed with Bjorn Fortuin, the young spinner. The Indian team is very good to play spinners, and to bowl the way he did, I can only praise him at the highest level. I'm very happy for him," de Kock said.

The wicket-keeper batsman believed that bowling first helped his side read the conditions a little better. "I'm not to sure whether or not it was an advantage," de Kock said on chasing. "I think we had a chance to read the conditions quicker and we did that well. We played the cricket that the wicket allowed us to. The conditions are generally better to bat against the new ball in India. The wickets tend to get a bit slower as the innings progresses.

"They put a lot of pressure on us in the first four overs [of the chase] and kept it very tight, not giving many bad balls. The ball was swinging and also sticking in the wicket. We just had to soak up the pressure. I think the guys fought back really well [after the previous game], they read the conditions well and stuck to their plans to keep all the pressure on India."

As for de Kock himself, he became only the seventh wicket-keeper batsman to aggregate 1,000 runs in T20Is. Praising his captain, middle-order batsman Rassie van der Dussen said: "Quinton is a world-class player. We came here with a goal to win and send a strong message, and the captain led from the front."