India captain Rohit Sharma said his team's seven-wicket victory over South Africa inside two days – the quickest win in Test history – had shown their ability to play anywhere in the world.
India bounced back from an innings defeat in the first Test in Centurion to share the two-match series, chasing down a target of 79 an hour after lunch despite a stunning century by home batsman Aiden Markram.
The victory was set up by man of the match Mohammed Siraj, who took six for 15 in the first innings as South Africa were skittled for 55 before lunch on the first day.
Apart from Markram, who hit 106 off 103 balls in South Africa's second innings of 176, batsmen struggled throughout the match on a pitch with pace, seam movement and uneven bounce.
"Even though the conditions were tough for the batters the bowlers still had to get the ball in the right areas," said Sharma.
"We batted well to get a hundred-run lead. We knew it was going to be a short match and every run mattered. To get that lead was very important for us.
"To come to this part of the world is always challenging but in the last four or five years we have become a very good travelling team.
"For us to come out here and win like this gives us a lot of confidence that we can perform under any conditions."
Dean Elgar, South Africa's stand-in captain in his last match before retiring from international cricket, admitted the hosts had misread the pitch in deciding to bat first after winning the toss.
"To the naked eye it looked like quite a nice one but it played totally different from what everyone thought it would play," said Elgar, who was named along with Jasprit Bumrah as players of the series.
"It was a tough one for us. We were pretty positive coming into this game.
"The first innings killed us with the bat. India brought their intensity and used the conditions superbly."
After 23 wickets fell on the first day, the second morning turned into a battle between Markram and Bumrah.
The Indian bowler took six for 61 – and was denied the wicket of Markram when the batsman, on 71, edged a drive and wicketkeeper KL Rahul could not hold a catch above his head.
Markram defied a pitch on which the next highest individual score was 46 by Virat Kohli in India's first innings.
The next best of any of Markram's teammates in either innings was 15.
Markram hit 17 fours and two sixes, one of which, off Prasidh Krishna, sailed out of the ground and on to a railway line beyond square leg.
The 29-year-old was eventually out caught at mid-off by Indian captain Rohit Sharma off Siraj attempting another big shot.
Milestones on the road to union
1970
October 26: Bahrain withdraws from a proposal to create a federation of nine with the seven Trucial States and Qatar.
December: Ahmed Al Suwaidi visits New York to discuss potential UN membership.
1971
March 1: Alex Douglas Hume, Conservative foreign secretary confirms that Britain will leave the Gulf and “strongly supports” the creation of a Union of Arab Emirates.
July 12: Historic meeting at which Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid make a binding agreement to create what will become the UAE.
July 18: It is announced that the UAE will be formed from six emirates, with a proposed constitution signed. RAK is not yet part of the agreement.
August 6: The fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with official celebrations deferred until later in the year.
August 15: Bahrain becomes independent.
September 3: Qatar becomes independent.
November 23-25: Meeting with Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and senior British officials to fix December 2 as date of creation of the UAE.
November 29: At 5.30pm Iranian forces seize the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by force.
November 30: Despite a power sharing agreement, Tehran takes full control of Abu Musa.
November 31: UK officials visit all six participating Emirates to formally end the Trucial States treaties
December 2: 11am, Dubai. New Supreme Council formally elects Sheikh Zayed as President. Treaty of Friendship signed with the UK. 11.30am. Flag raising ceremony at Union House and Al Manhal Palace in Abu Dhabi witnessed by Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
December 6: Arab League formally admits the UAE. The first British Ambassador presents his credentials to Sheikh Zayed.
December 9: UAE joins the United Nations.
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