On Sunday, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan broke MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina's record of 27 fifty-plus partnerships by an Indian left-right batting pair.
After a four-run triumph on Sunday in Cape Town, South Africa swept India 3-0 in the recent ODI series.
South Africa were bowled out for 287 after opener Quinton de Kock hit a magnificent 124 and Rassie van der Dussen continued his incredible form with 52 off 59 balls.
Kohli (65) and Dhawan (61) stitched a 98-run stand for the second wicket until the latter was dismissed in the 23rd over after stand-in skipper KL Rahul was dismissed in the fifth over to Lungi Ngidi.
The Delhi hitters put up their 28th 50-plus stand during their partnership, which is one more than Dhoni and Raina did during their playing days.
Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar topped the statistics with 55 partnerships totaling more than 50 runs accumulated between them. With 32 50-plus partnership partnerships, Dhawan and his long-time ODI opening partner Rohit Sharma are second on the list.
Dhawan equaled the record of former Indian opener Virender Sehwag with his 52nd ODI half-century.
Kohli got a leading edge to Keshav Maharaj's ball, which had a little more bounce, and Temba Bavuma of South Africa sprinted from cover to take the catch. Kohli has now failed to reach the three-figure milestone in international cricket for the second time.
Deepak Chahar, an all-rounder, blasted several magnificent shots to offer India hope of avoiding a whitewash. Chahar hit 54 off 34 balls, including five boundaries and two sixes, for a strike rate of 158.82.
Chahar's valiant innings wasn't enough as India fell four runs short of their target of 288 runs, bowled out for 283.
