This South African team plays with a lot of passion. They enjoy each others’ success, talk highly about their teammates’ achievements and when they win; they speak about how each and every member plays with a lot of heart. It was no different after their 18-run win in the third ODI at Rajkot. South Africa captain AB de Villiers talking about Morne Morkel - one of South Africa’s chief architects of the win who picked up four wickets – said, “When it comes to the size of the heart, Morne is right up there, exceptional performance from him today. Morne came to me after he bowled six overs and he told me that he has got a little bit of a sore leg. He bowled so well in that return spell that I had to keep him for one at the end there. He showed a lot of guts and determination to get through that spell. It would have been a very easy decision for him to just go off and call it a day, but he pulled through for the boys and he bowled exceptionally well with a sore leg in the last 4 overs. He turned the game on its head, with a few other contributions, obviously. But he deserves all that is coming his way.” Praising his team’s character even during tense situations AB said, “As far as the team is concerned, the word that comes to mind is character. The boys have shown amazing character. We have done so in the whole tour so far. I think it is vital and it is a key in the game we played that you can’t ever give up. I have reiterated it in team meetings, before the game and during the game. I had a few hard chats with the boys in the field today because I don’t think we started well with the ball in hand, but we never gave up and you can see the passion and the drive that we showed in the last fifteen overs was amazing.” Indeed they showed character even at a time in India’s run-chase when Rohit Sharma was going great guns and later, when MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli looked like sealing the game in India’s favour. AB though was of the view that sticking to a strict bowling brief worked in their favour. “I didn't think we started very well tonight, so there were quite a few chats between myself and the bowlers and the fielders. The feeling always was that the game is going to speed up, so hanging there and getting those lengths right was important. I thought we bowled a little full in the first 10-15 overs and gave away too many driving balls. Once you pull the lengths back and hit the right length with the odd cutters and the odd bouncer, we struck India down and the game turned around at I think about 35 overs.” Talking about the batting, de Villiers was particularly in praise of young Quinton de Kock who notched a fighting century to help his side lay a perfect platform for a par score. “I think he answered a lot of questions just the way Quinton can do. He is a unique player and he has got immense amount of talent and I love to have him in the side. I thought he batted exceptionally well, against the spin and against the seam. He paced his innings very well. It was a mature knock and I think a lot of opening batsmen on this kind of pitch would have thought to get too many boundaries upfront. But I thought he paced his innings really well getting the ones and hitting the occasional boundary. It was amazing batting.” Though, South Africa have now attained a 2-1 lead in the series, de Villiers didn’t want to take things lightly. “We sit here 2-1 up against India, it's a great position to be here and it's a wonderful opportunity to win the series. We won't touch the money yet but we have got a good chance in the last two. We would love to win both. But all the focus will be on the next game in Chennai. We would love to break through there.”