Sammy slammed a quick-fire 56 off 35 balls and shared unbeaten 51-run stand for the tenth wicket.
Jadeja finished with a career best figure of 5/36 , making things look easier for India before Sammy's onslaught revived West Indies .
Earlier, despite a formidable start and gritty second wicket stand, West Indies lost plot as they collapsed against the disciplined Indian attack.
Asked to bat, Windies opener Chris Gayle tried to dominate Dhoni's boys with his quick hits.
However, young pace sensation Bhuvneshwar Kumar halted Gayle after his 18-ball-21, studded with four boundaries, giving India first breakthrough in the fifth over with the scorecard reading 25.
Johnson Charles and Dwayne Bravo then lifted their side with a gritty second-wicket stand. Charles slammed fiery fifty that took West Indies past 100 in 19th over.
But southpaw Jadeja soon triggered West Indies' collapse with his triple strike as he took three wickets for five runs in 14 balls to reduce the West Indies from a comfortable 103-1 to 109-4.
The spinner first ended Charles's marathon by trapping him leg before after his 55-ball-60 and then gave same treatment to Marlon Samuels (1).
Before the Caribbean side could recover, Jadeja dealt another blow by sending back Ramnaresh Sarwan (1) reducing the opponent to 109/3.
Darren Bravo, who shared 78-run stand with Charles for the second wicket, then couldn't stay long and got stumped by off-spinner R Ashwin.
He was soon joined by his half brother Dwayne Bravo in the dressing room who became the only victim of Umesh Yadav at the score of 163.
Kieron Pollard began his innings on an aggressive note, hitting two consecutive sixes off Ashwin. However, the right-hander succumbed to pacer Ishant Sharma after making 22.
Jadeja then dismissed Sunil Narine and Ravi Rampaul in quick succession to claim his first ODI five-wicket haul.
However, Sammy turned the tide in West Indies favour with his sheer aggression in death overs.
Sammy plundered five boundaries and four sixes to lift his side from 182-9, making all the 35 runs from the last two overs as last man Kemar Roach watched from the non-striker's end without scoring.
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