in january 2018, virat kohli led indian team toured south africa where they lost the test series by 1-2. but the team showed some extravagant skills and defeated the mighty south african team and clinched the odi series by 5-1 and t20i series by 2-1. by the series win, india became the second asian country to defeat south africa in odi and t20i series on their home soil after pakistan.