South Africa, who lost the first two matches of the series, were put to bat first in Indore.
The left-arm pair of Quinton de Kock (68) and Rossouw (100 not out) put on an 89-run stand for the second wicket to lay the foundation for a challenging total.
Rossouw, who hit eight sixes, then stitched another great partnership of 87 with Tristan Stubbs to reach his century in 48 balls, surpassing his previous best of 96 not out.
De Kock started off aggressively in the second over with a six and a boundary off Mohammad Siraj, before skipper Temba Bavuma fell for three at the hands of Umesh Yadav, causing his batting collapse when he got a duck in the first two matches. .
Rossouw joined de Kock as South Africa reached 48-1 in the first six overs of the powerplay.
Rossouw escaped a catch dropped by Siraj for 24 in the deep as the ball went out of his hands for a six. De Kock scored his second half-century in a row with a hit over the fence off Yadav.
The pair hit eight sixes between them, before de Kock was run out in an attempt to steal a second run.
Rossouw completed his fifty in 27 balls with a six off Axar Patel and held the charge of the batting with Stubbs, who was warned by pacer Deepak Chahar for 13 runs back up at the non-striker’s end.
Rossouw remained unbeaten and David Miller, who scored 100 runs in the second T20, scored an unbeaten 19 off five balls in the final over with three consecutive sixes off Chahar.
India, needing 228 runs in the series in the absence of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, have both been rested in the final match for India ahead of the T20 World Cup starting later this month.
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