India's sixth in a row at home
Ravindra Jadeja starred in India's nine-wicket series clinching win over West Indies after the tourists were skittled out for just 104 in the fifth one-day international on Thursday.
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat in Thiruvananthapuram but collapsed, surviving just 31.5 of their 50 overs under overcast skies to register their lowest ODI total against India.
Jadeja claimed four wickets with his left-arm spin as India romped to their target in 14.5 overs to take the five-match series 3-1.
The second game was a tie.
It is India's sixth successive ODI series win on home soil.
Opener Rohit Sharma, who smashed 63, and skipper Virat Kohli, who made 33, put on an unbeaten 99-run stand as the hosts raced to their target before the sun had set in the day-night game.
"It was a clinical performance. Credit has to go to the bowling unit, pitching the ball in the right place," Kohli said after the win.
Fast bowler Oshane Thomas bowled opener Shikhar Dhawan for six but the wicket proved just a hiccup in India's march towards an easy win.
SCORES IN BRIEF
WEST INDIES: 104 all out in 31.5 overs (Samuels 24, Holder 25; Bumrah 2-11, Khaleel 2-29, Jadeja 4-34)
INDIA: 105 for 1 in 14.5 overs (Sharma 63 not out, Kohli 33 not out; Thomas 1-33)
Result: India won by nine wickets and clinched 5-match series 3-1.
Player-of-the-match: Ravindra Jadeja.
Player-of-the-series: Virat Kohli.
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