We are a lot better than we have played in the series: Kallis

AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis hammered centuries to set up South Africa's consolation 90-run victory over India in the third and final one-day international on Saturday

AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis hammered centuries to set up South Africa's consolation 90-run victory over India in the third and final one-day international on Saturday

De Villiers cracked a quickfire 102 not out for his sixth hundred and skipper Kallis a solid unbeaten 104 for his 17th century as South Africa posted their highest one-day total of 365-2 against India.

South Africa's AB de Villiers congratulates his skipper Jacques Kallis on completing his century in the third ODI against India at Ahmedabad on Saturday. PIC/AFP

Man-of-the-match de Villiers's century came off just 58 deliveries, the seventh-fastest in one-day cricket.

India, who rested openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, and pacemen Praveen Kumar and Ashish Nehra after gaining an unbeatable 2-0 lead on Wednesday, were all out for 275.

"AB played a really special knock, taking the total from 300 to 360," said Kallis.

"We know we are a lot better than we have played in the series. If we play to our strength, we are a very good one-day side."

South African paceman Dale Steyn did the maximum damage as he finished with three wickets for 37 runs, including those of Virat Kohli (57) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (nine) in one over.

Suresh Raina (49), Rohit Sharma (48) and Ravindra Jadeja (36) were the other main scorers for India.

"We have done well this season. There have been injuries and we have missed key players," said Dhoni. "If you look at everything, we have done really well."