Best Pictures from India South Africa 3rd ODI: Exhausted South Africans, Kohli's gestures and Dhoni's flying bat

Morne Morkel’s 4-wicket haul helped South Africa defeat India by 18 runs in the 3rd ODI at Rajkot on Sunday thus giving the visitors a 2-1 lead in the 5-match series.A late fightback by the Indian bowlers nullified the foundation laid by Quinton de Kock’s century, but chasing the target of 271 set by the Proteas, India fell short despite fighting half-centuries by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.Here are the best frames captured through the course of the match, which sees South Africa go 2-1 up in the 5-match series:

#1 Lord\'s shifts to Rajkot!

The Rajkot stadium’s media centre looking very alike the media centre at the iconic Lord’s cricket ground raised some eyebrows prior to the match.

The big news before the match commenced was of political agitator Hardik Patel being apprehended by police outside the stadium, thus proving that India will not tolerate disruption of cricket at any cost.