With India reduced to 39 for three, Rohit (117 batting off 164 balls) and Ajinkya Rahane (83 batting off 135) shared an unbeaten 185-run stand to stage the home team's remarkable recovery.
After winning the toss, India rode skipper's Virat Kohli double century, opener Mayank Agarwal's century and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja's 91 to amass a mammoth 601/5d on board and later the hosts bowlers wrapped up both innings of South Africa in around two days.
Ravichandran Ashwin took a four-for as India bowled South Africa out for 275 in the first innings.
With Kohli scoring a career-best unbeaten 254, India buried the Proteas under a mountain of runs, putting on board a mammoth 601 for five.
Along with Cheteshwar Pujara (58), Agarwal added 138 runs for the second wicket with minimum fuss, despite India losing Rohit Sharma's (14) wicket in the first hour itself.
India cruised to a 203-run win over South Africa in the first Test to take a 1-0 series lead.
Rohit Sharma was the star of the day as he scored another century to put India in a strong position at the end of day 4 against South Africa.
Dean Elgar and Quinton de Kock kept the skilful Indian spinners at bay with memorable hundreds, orchestrating South Africa's spirited counter-offensive against the fancied hosts in the series-opening Test.
Playing his first Test in India, Agarwal showed remarkable concentration and endurance for his monumental 215 off 371 balls that allowed the hosts to declare their first innings at 502 for seven in 136 overs.
Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten on 115 while Mayank scored 84* as India posted 202/0 on day one before rain stopped play.
Quinton de Kock remained not out on 79 as South Africa (140/1) beat India (134/9) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
India registered an easy seven-wicket victory against South Africa to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
While there was a prediction of a sharp drizzle in the afternoon, the weather forecast was all clear for the evening but heavens opened up multiple times, putting paid to hopes of even having a five-over per side encounter.
In a glittering function, Home Minister Amit Shah digitally inaugurated the renamed Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in presence of late finance minister's family.
Bowlers did the job yet again for India as the visitors beat West Indies by 257 runs to win the two-match series 2-0.
India need 8 wickets to win with two days remaining while West Indies need 423 runs to save the series.
Jasprit Bumrah and Hanuma Vihari starred for India on day two of the second Test against West Indies.
Hanuma Vihari and Rishabh Pant struck an unbeaten partnership of 62 runs for the sixth wicket as India finished day one of the 2nd Test on 264/5 in Jamaica.
Jasprit Bumrah's stunning five-wicket haul and Ajinkya Rahane's century on the fourth day guided India to a 318-run victory over West Indies in the 1st Test at Antigua.
Skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane remained unbeaten at stumps as India aim to take a commanding lead over hosts West Indies.
Ishant Sharma shined with both, bat and ball as hosts West Indies end the day 108 runs behind India with only two wickets in hand.
Ajinkya Rahane performed impressively, but others failed on the first day of the first Test between India and West Indies.
West Indies posted 240 for seven in 35 overs after electing to bat but India were given a revised 255-run target on Duckworth-Lewis method. Skipper Virat Kohli (114 not out) smashed his 43rd ODI century to lead India to win.
The revised target for West Indies was 270 in 46 overs (DLS method), but the Caribbean batsmen throw their wicket away in the crucial situation as India dismantled them on 210 in 42 overs.
The first one-dayer between India and the West Indies was called off after second rain interruption on Thursday.
Deepak Chahar, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant shined for India as the side completed a series sweep against West Indies, winning the third T20I by x wickets.
Batting first, Rohit Sharma top-scored with 67 off runs off 51 balls, setting India up for a challenging total before Krunal Pandya (20 off 13 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja propped up the innings by smashing 20 runs in the final over, which was bowled by Keemo Paul.
Chasing 96 for a win, India huffed and puffed before reaching the target with 2.4 overs to spare.
Eoin Morgan's boys are the new world champions in the 50-over format of the gentleman's game and the crown couldn't have come at a better place than the historic Lord's, the home of cricket.
Chasing 224 in a World Cup semifinal was not expected to be a walk in the park but England made it just that with an aggressive approach that has become synonymous with them over the past four years.
New Zealand made it to their second successive final, with credit going to their pacers' -- Henry (3/37) and Boult's (2/42) -- deadly opening spell and Lockie Ferguson's steely nerve in the penultimate over.
Instead of finishing in first place and playing neighbours New Zealand in Manchester in the first semifinal, Australia will travel south to Birmingham to play the tournament host two days later.
Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant 104, while KL Rahul also registered his first century of the 2019 World Cup to steer India to a convincing 7-wicket win.
'Mission impossible' remained unaccomplished for Pakistan, who expectedly missed the semifinal bus but wrapped up their World Cup campaign with a consolatory 94-run win over Bangladesh
The win will hardly be any consolation for West Indies, who started the tournament on a high, but are going back with only two wins from nine games.
A professional performance on Wednesday have raised hopes of England finally winning their maiden World Cup following heart-breaking losses in three finals (1979, 1987 and 1992).
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