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Revelling in his new role, Rohit effortlessly walked his way into the record books as he scored 127 off 149 balls, following his 176, to become the first ever batsman in the history of Test cricket to score two hundreds in his opening 'debut'.
There are 40 points on offer and a 3-0 series whitewash, both of which India would be targetting against the hapless visitors.
If the Proteas dominated the first two sessions of the day, the last session was clearly shared as the spin duo of Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja clawed their way back.
Jadeja achieved the feat ahead of Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath (47 matches) and Australia's Mitchell Johnson (49).
Blaming Cricket South Africa, the visiting skipper further said the tour exposed the lack of planning as they did not think for future after greats like Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers retired.
South Africa were all out for 132 in their second innings as the final two wickets taken by Shahbaz Nadeem fell without adding any runs to the overnight total.
India had two innings wins in three Test matches and have now won 11 successive series at home.
If the morning belonged to Shami's hostile spell and an acrobatic catch from Saha, the afternoon session was all about relentless pressure created by Ashwin and Jadeja.
Mohammad Shami scalped a five-wicket haul while Ravindra Jadeja picked up four wickets as India thrashed Proteas on the fifth and final day of the opening Test.
Kohli has been playing almost non-stop, featuring in 48 of India's 56 games since October last year.
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