Ravindra Jadeja spins India to series victory over Australia

India spinner Ravindra Jadeja took career-best figures of 7-42 to help his team thrash Australia by six-wickets in the second Test and secure a series victory on Sunday.

Jadeja teamed up with fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3-59) to dismiss Australia for 113 in a morning session when the tourists' batting imploded in spectacular fashion.

The hosts romped to their victory target of 115 in the second session at Arun Jaitley Stadium, guaranteeing that they retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy in the four-match series.

They have won their previous three series against Australia and are now close to securing a spot in the World Test Championship final.

“We were prepared for them coming out and playing shots,” captain Rohit Sharma said of his team's bowling plan.

“Our idea was to not panic and just hit the right areas, waiting for the mistake to happen, and that's exactly what happened.

“So our focus was keeping it tight in the morning, and these guys [Jadeja and Ashwin] are the masters of bowling in these conditions.”

Captain Pat Cummins admitted Australia's batsmen slipped “away from their methods” after an over-reliance on sweep shots hastened their collapse from 61-1 at the start of play.

Six of the 10 Australian batsmen including Steve Smith (nine) and David Warner's concussion substitute Matt Renshaw (two) fell after attempting the sweep or reverse sweep.

“Disappointed, we were ahead of the game but we slipped,” said Cummins after his team's second straight Test loss inside three days.

“Everyone controls their own game, some balls just have your name,” he added. “But I think there will be a review. Shot choice, did we go about it the right way?

“I thought they bowled really well, it's not easy out there, but perhaps