India seal series

Rohit Sharma's century helped India wrap up the ODI series against hosts South Africa with a 73-run victory at St George's Park on Tuesday.

India took an unassailable 4-1 lead in the six-match series as Sharma finally came good with the bat, scoring 115 after India were asked to bat first and amassed 274 for seven wickets in their 50 overs.

South Africa, who needed victory to keep alive their hopes of levelling the series, were all out for 201 in response.

India replace South Africa at the top of the International Cricket Council's ODI rankings. India's ODI series victory came after they lost 2-1 in the three Tests played between the two countries last month.

Sharma had struggled with his batting on tour but got India off to a storming start as he finally found form. He was dropped on 96 by Tabraiz Shamsi before going onto make his 17th ODI century, reached off just 107 balls.

"It was a long time coming. I just had to keep myself in a good frame of mind. I didn't feel I had to change a lot and I knew that the runs would come," he said after being named player of the match.

SCORES IN BRIEF

INDIA: 274 for 7 in 50 overs (Dhawan 34, Sharma 115, Kohli 36, Iyer 30; Ngidi 4-51)

SOUTH AFRICA: 201 all out in 42.2 overs (Amla 71, Markram 32, Miller 36, Klaasen 39; Pandya 2-30, Yadav 4-57, Chahal 2-43)

Result: India won by 73 runs and lead the six-match series 4-1.

Player-of-the-match: Rohit Sharma.