The two captains collect the The Freedom Trophy as the series ends in a 1-1 deadlock. Unfortunately, we don't have a series-decider. Well, this two-Test series got over in five days. India were blown away in Centurion in three days which meant that the final frontier couldn't be conquered. After getting outskilled in all three departments, India came back strongly with their pacers setting up a famous win here in Cape Town. On that note, it's time to bring the curtains down on this New Year's Test. The second edition of SA20 will commence in less than a week. India, on the other hand, will be hosting Afghanistan for a 3-match T20 series. Plenty of cricketing action coming your way. For now, it's goodbye from Abhinand Raghavendran, Sagar Chawla and Praveen.

Rohit Sharma: A great feat. In Centurion, we had to learn from the mistakes. We came back very well, especially our bowlers. Had some plans and the boys got rewarded. We applied ourselves, we batted well to get a 100-run lead, not pleasing to see the last six wickets. We knew that it's going to be a short game, we knew ever run matters, to get that lead was very important. (On Siraj) Very special, something you don't get to see very often. We spoke about keeping things simple and that's what happened. The pitch did the rest. Lot of credit to Siraj, Bumrah, Mukesh and Prasidh. Whenever you come here, it's challenging. We have played a lot of good cricket outside India, we take a lot of pride. We would have loved to win the series. South Africa is a great team, they always challenges us, they are sch a good team. We can take a lot of pride from this performance. (On Elgar) Such an important player for SA, very gritty, we appreciate that. I'd like to wish him the best. Brilliant career, best wishes ahead.

Jasprit Bumrah | Player of the Series: This ground will always hold a special place in my heart. The journey started here, always fond memories. Very happy it went well today. That journey started in 2018 - our bowling unit was experienced and we wanted to make an impact. In India, the spinners do a lot more work. Our team is also going through a transition. Lot of bowlers have been changed, the message in the team, keep fighting. We fought it out in the last game as well. Requires a lot of patience. We are very happy that we were able to do it in this game. I didn't expect the game to go this fast. We wanted to bat first as well. Test cricket gives you surprises. Great series.

Dean Elgar | Player of the Series: I would have liked to do more in this game. Still very proud of my performance I had in Centurion. Nice to contribute to a winning cause. Some really tough conditions throughout. It (3-Test series) would have been fantastic. You want to challenge yourself, Bumrah is world-class, he deserves this award. You want to push yourself to limits. Glad that I don;t have to face these guys again. Fond memories. We've come a long way. Very grateful to play against these guys. A lot of good memories, I received it (green cap) in 2012, I have missed only one series. It's got a special place. Only leaves for duty, that's done and dusted.

Mohammed Siraj | Player of the Match: It's my best figures in Test career. I tried to be consistent and hit the right areas.

Dean Elgar: A tough one for us. Pretty positive coming into this game. India bowled fantastically and used the conditions. Still a lot of positives for the young players that we have within the side. 2-0 would have been really nice, still managed 1-1, proud of the boys. The way the bowlers bowled in the series and the way Aiden batted in the second innings is something out of the world.

Stats by Roshan Gede

Shortest completed Test matches (by balls bowled)
642 - SA vs IND, Cape Town, 2024
656 - AUS vs SA, Melbourne, 1932
672 - WI vs ENG, Bridgetown, 1935
788 - ENG vs AUS, Manchester, 1888
792 - ENG vs AUS, Lord’s, 1888

India’s Test wins in South Africa
By 123 runs - Johannesburg, 2006
By 87 runs - Durban, 2010
By 63 runs - Johannesburg, 2018
By 113 runs - Centurion, 2021
By 7 wickets - Cape Town, 2024
*India is the first Asian team to win a Test match at Newlands, Cape Town.

Lowest match aggregates in completed India vs South Africa Tests
464 - Cape Town, 2024
652 - Nagpur, 2015
660 - Durban, 1996
678 - Mumbai WS, 2000
694 - Mohali, 2015

Biggest win-margins for India in SENA countries (by wickets)
By 10 wickets vs New Zealand, Hamilton, 2009
By 8 wickets vs New Zealand, Wellington, 1968
By 8 wickets vs New Zealand, Auckland, 1976
By 8 wickets vs Australia, Melbourne, 2020
By 7 wickets vs England, Nottingham, 2007
By 7 wickets vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2024

Two-day Tests featuring India
India vs Afghanistan, Bengaluru, 2018
India vs England, Ahmedabad, 2021
South Africa vs India, Cape Town, 2024

Lowest match aggregates against India (both innings all-out)
193 - England (Ahmedabad, 2021)
212 - Afghanistan (Bengaluru, 2018)
229 - New Zealand (Mumbai WS, 2021)
230 - England (Leeds, 1986)
231 - (South Africa, Cape Town, 2024)

Chasing 79 for victory, young Jaiswal came out all guns blazing.

13:36 Local Time, 11:36 GMT, 17:06 IST:

Marco Jansen to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, fuller than a length, Shreyas Iyer stands tall and thumps it over mid-on.