India vs South Africa 3rd T20I: I believe in my ability, says Rilee Rossouw

Rossouw's blazing show, which included as many as 8 sixes and 7 fours, could make the Protea No 3 a hot property in the IPL auction in December, but the 32-year-old, who has returned to play for SA after quitting the country for a Kolpak deal, claimed that the prospect playing in the lucrative T20 league for the first time since he turned out for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2015, wasn't in his mind when he unleashed mayhem on the Indian bowlers.

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In a city supposed to be a heaven for foodies, South Africa, powered by Rilee Rossouw's murderous 48-ball unbeaten 100-his maiden century in T20Is 'feasted' on a listless India to record a morale-boosting 49-run win in the third and final T20I at the Holkar Stadium on Tuesday night.

"The auction is not in my control. It was not even in my mind. I was just trying to get one run tonight first. It panned out pretty well for me," said the left-hander. In the first two T20Is, at Thiruvananthapuram and Guwahati, Rossouw, going for his shots to early even as the ball was moving around, was out without opening his account to left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh, but when he walked out to bat on Tuesday night, the man claimed he wasn't nervous, and still confident about his special abilities, which have seen him smash four hundreds and 42 fifties@142. 98 while notching up 6733 runs in 264 T20s. "As a professional sportsman you are going to have bad times. It is just about backing yourself having the confidence in your ability no matter what type of form you are in. I had a chat with our assistant coach. Confidence plays a big part in scoring runs. I really believe in my ability, I have shown it