India vs West Indies: Milestones created by Team India in the fifth ODI

India demolished the Windies in the fifth ODI to claim the 5 match series 3-1. The series started out in a very promising fashion, with the first three games being keenly contested. However, it was a clinical performance by the Indians in the fourth and the fifth game, as they ripped apart the Caribbeans to win the series.

Windies were dismissed for an underwhelming 104 in the fifth ODI, after skipper Jason Holder elected to bat first. The Windies' batsmen could not survive the excellence of the Indian bowlers, and were completely baffled.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli made short work of the chase, cruising to victory inside 15 overs. Team India and the individual players made numerous records in the game. Let's have a look at them.

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#8 Shortest completed ODI in India featuring India

The fifth ODI played in Thiruvananthapuram was supposed to be a Day/Night Match. However, it turned out to be a day match, as the Indian bowlers annihilated the line up of Windies, dismissing them for a paltry 104 in 31.5 overs.

With the Indian batsmen being in electrifying form, it took them just 14.5 overs to seal the honours. The 46.4 overs played in the game became a record for the shortest completed ODI in India featuring India, in terms of the number of overs. This game surpassed the previous shortest, which came against New Zealand in Chennai in 2010, when the game was completed in 48.1 overs by the Gautam Gambhir-led squad.

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#7 Lowest total for Windies against India

The Caribbean team were totally perplexed by the Indian bowlers, with Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah and Khaleel Ahmed running through their line up. Jadeja picked up 4 scalps, while both pacers picked 2 wickets apiece.

Windies were bowled out for 104, which became the record for their lowest total against India, with the previous record being 121 at The Port of Spain in 1997. The decision to bat first turned out to be a nightmare for skipper Jason Holder and his team, as they could not stand the wrath of the Indian bowlers.

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#6 Most consecutive bilateral series wins by India against the same opponent

Team India equaled the record for the most consecutive series wins against the same opposition, by claiming the series 3-1. Team India has now registered 8 series wins against the Caribbean team starting from 2007, equaling the same record against Sri Lanka in the same time period.

India has played 8 bilateral ODI series against Windies from 2007, with 5 being played at home while 3 being away series, and have prevailed superior in all of them.

#5 Rohit Sharma becomes the seventh player to hit more than 200 sixes in ODIs

Rohit Sharma is known for his ability to hit clean and beautiful sixes at will, without using too much muscular power. His hard hitting abilities has earned him the name of Hitman from the cricketing fraternity. In the previous game, he overtook Sachin Tendulkar as the batsman with second most sixes for India.

Rohit Sharma continued his game from where he had left in Mumbai, and registered an impact even in a mediocre chase, with a brisk 63. He deposited the ball into the stands on four occasions. He thus became the seventh batsman to reach the milestone of 200 sixes in ODI Cricket.

Rohit surpassed Brendon McCullum, who hit 200 sixes, and now stands sixth on the list of most sixes in ODIs, with 202 maximums to his name.

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#4 Rohit Sharma becomes the fastest player (in terms of innings) to hit 200 sixes

Rohit Sharma reached the 200-sixes landmark in great style, as he became the fastest player to reach the milestone, in terms of the number of innings played. Rohit eclipsed the 195 innings mark of Pakistan's Shahid Afridi, by recording the maximums in just 187 innings.

The World No.2 batsman became the third fastest in terms of the balls faced, and trails Afridi and McCullum in the list.

#3 MS Dhoni climbs to the third position for most number of dismissals

MS Dhoni made the record books tumble once again as he bettered the wicket-keeping record of Mark Boucher, registering his name on the third position in terms of the most dismissals in ODIs.

Dhoni, who earlier shared the third slot with Boucher with 424 dismissals, entered into the game requiring just one dismissal to better the record. Dhoni etched his name in the record books with the first dismissal of the Windies' innings, as he held onto the edge of Kieran Powell off Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

MSD, who already holds the world record for the most number of stumpings (115), now has 310 catches to his name, which takes him to the third spot with 425 dismissals.

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#2 Virat Kohli records the most runs by an Indian in a bilateral series against Windies

Another day, another record. This has been the course of action for Indian skipper Virat Kohli for quite some time now. He once again made the headlines by recording the most runs by an Indian batsman against the Windies in an ODI series, bettering the record of 336 runs by Ajinkya Rahane in 2017.

Virat had surpassed the record in the first three games itself, with three magnificent hundreds on the trot, and further extended it in the last two games. Virat Kohli scored 453 runs in the series, with 3 hundreds and at a whopping average of 151. He rightfully claimed the Man of the Series record for his exploits with the willow.

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#1 Most Consecutive ODI series won at home by an Indian skipper

This series was special on many counts, as skipper Virat Kohli also made a record along with batsman Virat Kohli. Kohli became the first Indian captain to register 5 consecutive series wins at home, surpassing the earlier record of 4 series held by former skipper MS Dhoni.

India have played five ODI series at home post the passing over of the captaincy reins to Virat Kohli. India have won all of them, with Kohli featuring in 4 of them. While 4 out of the 5 series wins include the ones against England, Australia, New Zealand and Windies in 2017 and 2018, the earliest of the wins dates back to 2014, when Virat assumed the leadership duties for a five match series against Sri Lanka, with Dhoni opting for rest.

Overall, this was the sixth consecutive ODI series win at home for India, with the record holding from a 3-2 win against the Kiwis in 2016 under MS Dhoni.