Towering pace spearhead Marco Jansen took six wickets to put South Africa in sight of a first Test series win in India in 25 years after bundling out the hosts for 201 in the second match on Monday.
The opener of a two-Test series begins on Friday at Kolkata's Eden Gardens with the tourists arriving there fresh from a 1-1 draw in Pakistan.
South Africa posted their highest total in World Cup history.
Pakistan lost their last six wickets for 17 runs.
After copping a heavy World Cup defeat against England, the Proteas have beaten New Zealand and now India, in what was one of the most compelling matches of the tournament so far.
The result gave South Africa their second consecutive victory while India suffered their first defeat of the tournament.
Maphaka burst onto the global stage at the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024, where his 21 wickets at 9.71 earned him player of the tournament honours despite being just 17.
"If you have a Test team that is strong and plays regularly, that has spin-offs for the other formats," he told reporters
Gabela, 35, said: "I had to be here and welcome the boys home. They have suffered so many heartbreaks during the past two decades. Now we are champions of the world."
Maphaka burst onto the global stage at the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024, where his 21 wickets at 9.71 earned him player of the tournament honours despite being just 17.
"If you have a Test team that is strong and plays regularly, that has spin-offs for the other formats," he told reporters
Gabela, 35, said: "I had to be here and welcome the boys home. They have suffered so many heartbreaks during the past two decades. Now we are champions of the world."
South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada has been cleared to return to cricket following a reduced suspension for testing positive for a banned recreational substance.
If South Africa beat New Zealand to reach Sunday's decider, they will at least know by then if they will take on India in Dubai, or Australia in Lahore.
Cricket South Africa announced that 24-year-old Coetzee had recovered from a hamstring injury which ruled him out of the current SA20 franchise competition in South Africa.
Nortje was named in South Africa’s squad on Monday, but 48 hours on officials have said he will not recover in time from a back problem ahead of the Group B opener against Afghanistan on Feb. 21. England and Australia are also in the pool.
Only once before in their history have South Africa won more Tests in succession, when they claimed nine victories on the trot between 2002 and 2003.
Five Test wins in a row, made up of away victories over West Indies in Guyana in August, two in Bangladesh in October and two more over Sri Lanka, means South Africa top the table of Test results over the last two-year cycle and are within touching distance of a place in the final at Lord’s from June 11-15.
Victory allowed the Proteas to avenge a shock T20 loss to the same opponents last weekend.
