India a danger anywhere in the world, says Sharma after fastest ever Test victory

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