Kuldeep Yadav romped to a fifth five-wicket haul in his 15th Test match on Sunday, looking penetrative and threatening every time Kuldeep Yadav took the ball here. And then when he returned for the second innings after India enforced the follow-on, India’s Kuldeep Yadav was targeted by West Indies’ batsmen very effectively, leaking 53 runs in his 11 overs, being hit for five fours and two sixes as the visitors shrunk lead to under 100 runs, ending the day’s play at 173/2.
It appropriately defined the high-risk, high-reward approach of India’s mystery spinner Kuldeep Yadav ; Kuldeep Yadav’s deceit and game-turning deliveries go hand-in-hand with his tendency to get hit for plenty of runs.
Wrist-spinners naturally impart more revolutions on deliveries than finger spinners, but the result is that they cannot have the same consistency in line and length. So, when contrasted with the discipline and tightness of Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, the former in particular, Kuldeep Yadav’s artistry with his variations stands out as much as his tendency to leak runs when batsmen go on the offensive. It is a trait with most wrist-spinners.
Few spinners have as varied an arsenal in the current Indian side. Kuldeep Yadav’s ability to fox due to the different lines, spins, and speeds he imparts on his deliveries was fully on display during his five-wicket haul in the first innings, four of which fell in the first two sessions on Sunday.
Kuldeep Yadav created history during the third day of play in the first Test between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi as the left-arm wrist-spinner on Sunday (October 12) as he took a five-wicket haul and continued his brilliant record in Test cricket despite limited chances in the longest format.
Playing just the 15th match of his career in the longest format of the game post his debut eight years ago in 2017, the 30-year-old Kuldeep Yadav built from his impressive display in the Ahmedabad Test as he finished with figures of 5-82 by getting the wickets of Alick Athanaze, Shai Hope, Tevin Imlach, and Justin Greaves.
Among the rare breed of left-arm wrist-spinners, Kuldeep Yadav became only the second to take five five-fors in Test cricket. The only player to achieve the same feat was 68 years ago when Johnny Wardle from England achieved the feat.Kuldeep Yadav not only set a 21st century world record and went past Paul Adams’ tally but he also became the quickest bowler of this type to get to the milestone five times. While Wardle took 28 matches, Kuldeep Yadav has done in just 15 games.
Infact, Kuldeep Yadav’s bowling strike-rate (SR) of 37 is the best by a spinner with more than 50 wickets in Test cricket history. The second-best on the list is Johnny Briggs for England between 1884 to 1899. He had a SR of 45 in 33 games with 118 wickets.
It is still evident, however, that Kuldeep Yadav’s presence in the line-up at home, and also possibly abroad, can be game-changing; the balance provided by India’s finger-spinners only reinforces that fact. Even more so, considering India’s rethink about the kind of attack they will build for home Tests going forward, starting with the two games against world champions South Africa next month.
India were the superior side, sealing a series-clinching 2-0 victory against West Indies in their two-match Test series on Tuesday. The win also sees India add 12 points to their WTC tally. The visitors did put in a fight, but it wasn’t enough. After being asked to follow-on on Day 3, West Indies didn’t give up.
Shai Hope and Campbell fought back, getting tons. Meanwhile, Greaves and Seales frustrated the hosts for the final wicket. India did lose some wickets in the morning on Day 5, but KL Rahul’s half-century ensured a seven-wicket win. The opener registered 58* off 108 balls, packed with six fours and two sixes
Pitch Report and Toss
Pitch Report : It’s a pleasant morning in Delhi. It’s not too warm, it’s not too cold. This looks like an interesting pitch. What we have is grass areas where the absolute live grass will hold the surface together and the ball might skid off. And we have bald areas which will scuff up at some point during the Test match and bring the spinners into play. It’s almost a pitch of two halves.
It doesn’t feel that hard either. I’m not expecting my kind (pacers) to get great deal of bounce and carry. This pitch will play better than it looks even though it looks patchy. It could be two-paced in nature. Win the toss and bat first here reckons Ian Bishop and Deep Dasgupta
Toss : Indian skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and chose to bat with no changes in the Playing XI. West Indies skipper Roston Chase bowling first made 2 changes in the Playing XI replacing Brandon King and Johann Layne with Tevin Imlach and Anderson Philip.
Day 1 : Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 173* and Sai Sudharsan’s 87 underlines India’s dominance on Day 1
West Indies suffered another torrid day on the field as Yashasvi Jaiswal punished them with an unbeaten 173 on Day 1 in Delhi. Beside Jaiswal, No.3 batter Sai Sudharsan capitalised on the conditions and the opposition to add a 193-run stand for the second wicket. Jomel Warrican produced two vicious deliveries for the two wickets but besides that, West Indies were largely listless.
Shubman Gill won his first toss in seven Tests as captain to give his batters a go in pristine conditions. KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal took the first hour slow, playing out 60 dots in the first 72 deliveries and heading to drinks at 29/0.
Anderson Phillip, playing in place of Johan Layne, got the ball to seam around and forced the only half chance in that phase of play – an LBW appeal that went the other way on umpire’s call. The brief break energised Indian intentions as Rahul and Jaiswal both looked to pick runs more fluently in the second hour. Jaiswal drove Phillip down the ground fiercely in the 13th over and then against Justin Greaves.
KL Rahul flicked him away and then gave Jomel Warrican the charge for an 81m six on the leg side. The left-arm spinner though, hit back with a ball that turned deviously to dismiss the opener. The two balls before the wicket turned 2.7 degrees and 0.8 degrees respectively while the one that foxed Rahul turned a whopping 8.1 degrees.
Rahul was nowhere close to the ball after stepping out and was comfortably stumped by Tevin Imlach. Sai Sudharsan arrived with some pressure riding on him to come good at the crucial No.3 spot. He got an easy initiation as Warrican bowled a hit-me low full toss and the left-hander flicked it away for a four. The second-wicket stand picked up pace as India headed to Lunch at 94/1.
Jaiswal kickstarted the second session by cutting width offered by Jayden Seales for a four behind point. He hit two more in the same over to reach his half-century while also taking India past the 100-run mark.
West Indies looked listless in the second session as Jaiswal and Sudharsan scored at a fair clip to quickly bring up their 100-run stand, off just 141 deliveries. Only Joe Root has been involved in more century partnerships in Tests than Jaiswal since the latter’s Test debut in July 2023. Jaiswal was typically brutal but Sudharsan too dug in, further helped by the wayward lines from the spinners. Before Tea, Jaiswal raised his seventh Test century. Only Sachin Tendulkar has scored more than that (11) before turning 24.
Sudharsan meanwhile survived a dropped catch on 58 but couldn’t fully capitalise the opportunity and the conditions as he fell 13 short of his first Test hundred. Once again, Warrican was at the other end, turning this wicket delivery by 6.4 degrees. Breaking the big second-wicket stand didn’t turn out to be the opening West Indies hoped for as Shubman Gill joined Jaiswal to take the team to stumps without any further damage.
After accelerating through the middle session by scoring at more than four-an-over, India slowed a touch in the end but Jaiswal continued to go from strength to strength. Four of his six Test centuries before this innings turned out to be big ones, including two double hundreds. On Friday, he hit the best shot of his innings in the 88th over of the day – a cover drive that pierced an unmoved off-side field. He finished unbeaten on 173, taking India to 318/2 at stumps in the company of his captain.
Day 2 : Shubman Gill matches Kohli with a stellar 129* as India dominate Day 2 in Delhi
Shubman Gill made hay as the sun shone down on him in Delhi, scoring his 10th Test hundred on Day 2. Yashasvi Jaiswal missed out on his double ton but India piled on the runs and declared at 518/5 with an hour to play in the second session. Gill finished unbeaten on 129 – his highest Test score in India. West Indies showed better batting application than they did in Ahmedabad, and yet finished the day four down and in arrears of 378 runs.
India came out feeling more adventurous on the second morning, and it reflected in their scoring rate that soared over four all session. They were set back twice with the wickets of Jaiswal and Nitish Reddy, but Gill ensured the flow of runs was fluent all along.
A miscommunication between Gill and Jaiswal led to the latter’s run out, denying the opener a third Test double hundred. Jaiswal looked dejected at the outcome of that passage of play, where he pushed the ball towards mid-off and hared across for a single. Gill said no but the opener was too far along to make it back on time, though he tried.
Nitish was then promoted to No.5 as India sought to give their fast bowling all-rounder some time in the middle. He and Gill threaded the fields with comfort as the conditions continued to side with the batters. Nitish drove without any inhibitions, and his only real tests came against short-pitched bowling from Jayden Seales.
He dealt well with spin, hitting Warrican for two sixes and even earned a lifeline when Anderson Phillip dropped a simple catch at mid-off. But the left-arm spinner was once again West Indies’ only route to a breakthrough. Nitish mistimed a big shot and found Seales at long-on to depart for 43.
Gill meanwhile, was largely disdainful in the session. He kept stepping out against the pacers, flicking and cover-driving fiercely to bring up a half-century. He went to Lunch break at 75, with a 10th Test hundred in his sights. Along expected lines, Gill continued to punish West Indies for being hapless with the ball.
He soon raised his fifth century of the calendar year, becoming only the second Indian captain besides Virat Kohli (2017 and 2018) to do so. Dhruv Jurel too got comfortable, and like Nitish, looked set for milestone(s) of his own. India were flying at this point at five an over, but Jurel fell – like Nitish – in the 40s while attempting a big shot against Roston Chase. Gill opted to declare straight away, giving his bowlers more than a session on Day 2 to make inroads.
At the toss on Friday, Chase had asked his batters to fight harder and bat for 90 overs. After they were bundled out in 44.1 and 45.1 overs in Ahmedabad, West Indies’ start was much better in Delhi. John Campbell and Tagnarine Chanderpaul played out the early probing spell from Jasprit Bumrah, but the former suffered an unlikely dismissal against the run of play. Campbell connected with a hard sweep against Jadeja, but hit it at Sai Sudharsan fielding at forward short leg.
Sudharsan instinctively took evasive action as the ball hit his helmet grille, and got stuck between his body and his hands. Campbell had to exit, but so did Sudharsan who needed an ice pack on his bruised right hand. Chanderpaul and Alick Athinaze then joined forces to push back for the next 20.1 overs.
But this semblance of a fight was ended by a Jadeja delivery that was pulled back a touch. Chanderpaul reached out and pressed forward, nicking it to KL Rahul at first slip. Athanaze was looking solid until he copped a bouncer from Bumrah on his helmet, and then fell to Kuldeep Yadav. He went for a slog sweep and hit to Jadeja at mid-wicket. West Indies were in a familiar fix when Chase then tamely gave a return catch to Jadeja.
Even as Dhruv Jurel kept egging Jadeja to pick two more wickets before stumps, Shai Hope and Tevin Imlach dragged the visitors to the end of day’s play on 140/4.
Day 3 : John Campbell, Shai Hope fight back after India enforce follow-on courtesy Kuldeep Yadav’s 5-fer
John Campbell and Shai Hope led a strong, defiant fight back in the final session on Day 3 in Delhi after India enforced follow-on. Kuldeep Yadav picked his fifth Test fifer that helped India bundle out West Indies for 248 in much better batting conditions. India then chose to send them out again and even made a couple of inroads before the third-wicket pair came together to keep the fight going. For the first time in six Tests across their last three bilateral tours against India in India, West Indies have taken the game to the fourth day’s play.
In the morning session, Shubman Gill offered Kuldeep Yadav a change of ends from where he was bowling on the previous evening, giving him the chance to use the rough around the batter to make things happen. All the grit that Tevin Imlach and Shai Hope showed on the previous evening and the third morning against Jasprit Bumrah was shattered by the left-arm wrist spinner.
Kuldeep Yadav got the ball to turn, dip and question the judgment of the two batters in the middle. Hope went first, playing for the turn that didn’t come. Kuldeep Yadav played down the wrong line and was cleaned up by a ball that straightened after pitching full on off-stump. Imlach then fell after rocking onto the backfoot to flick a turning ball away, only to get trapped leg before.
India went up in appeal for a catch at forward short leg and the umpire agreed, prompting a review from Imlach. The replays showed daylight between bat and ball, but the check for LBW sent him packing, with a review in tow. Justin Greaves tried to upset his rhythm by trying to pre-meditate a reverse sweep against the turn, but he too fell LBW.
Mohammed Siraj then rattled Jomel Warrican’s stumps to reduce West Indies to 175/8. Khary Pierre and Anderson Phillip led the next fight back, defending solidly against Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja for a 42-run partnership leading into the lunch break.
Pierre’s vigil was ended by a snorter from Bumrah in the second session – bowled from round the stumps that straightened to beat the left-hander’s outside edge and floor the off-stump. The last-wicket pair of Anderson Phillip and Jayden Seales frustrated India for the next 9 overs before Kuldeep Yadav completed his fifer with the wicket of the latter. Phillip finished unbeaten on 24 having played out 93 deliveries. Despite being on the field for 81.5 overs, Gill opted to enforce follow-on with a lead of 270 runs.
John Campbell and Tagnarine Chanderpaul saw out the first eight overs but the latter lost patience in the ninth. He went hard against a short delivery from Siraj and miscued his pull shot. Gill sprinted to his right from short mid-wicket and took a diving catch. Washington Sundar used the round the wicket angle and ample drift to then flummox the left-handed Alick Athinaze to rattle his stumps six overs later, triggering a slightly early Tea break.
When they returned, Campbell and Shai Hope came with the idea of throwing their bat around. Campbell tonked Jadeja for a six over long-on and Hope went after Washington Sundar. Much to the chagrin of the off-spinner, he was at the wrong end of three close LBW calls against Campbell in the space of 12 deliveries. First, Campbell went for a sweep against a delivery that was too full and Sundar got an LBW decision go his way.
Campbell reviewed and UltraEdge showed a spike as the ball passed the glove. That could’ve also been the bat hitting the ground but the TV umpire overturned the on-field call. The on field umpire said no to the next two LBW appeals and India took it upstairs. On both occasions, the impact of the ball hitting the pad was marginally the umpire’s call. It prompted Sundar to have a brief conversation with the umpire, but nothing more came from it.
Gill turned to Yadav for the first time in the innings in only the 22nd over. Campbell slog swept him for a six and hit him for a four down the ground in a 15-run over to bring up his fifty. At the other end, Hope picked up two fours off Sundar to bring up the 50-run stand for the third wicket. They added 79 runs in the first hour until drinks break, and carried on beyond it too all the way until stumps. Along the way, they added the highest partnership for any wicket for West Indies in seven Tests in 2025.
Gill turned to his spearhead Bumrah after the drinks break but to no avail as batting got easier and the two batters dug in. Towards the end, Hope reached his fifty too while Campbell finished unbeaten on 87 – his highest Test score. This defiant partnership dwarfed West Indies’ deficit to just 97 runs by the end of the day’s play.
Day 4 : John Campbell and Shai Hope’s century takes game into Day 5 after a solid comeback from WI
West Indies continued to display batting improvements on the go as John Campbell and Shai Hope scored centuries to push India to the hilt in Delhi. India toiled for long periods as there was resistance from West Indies’ lower-order too, with Justin Greaves scoring a fifty in the midst of a final-wicket stand with Jayden Seales. Yadav followed his first-innings fifer with three in the second, while Jasprit Bumrah also picked three to bundle out West Indies for 390 in the final session. In chase of 121, India went to stumps at 63/1.
India’s hunt for a quick breakthrough on the fourth morning was met with steely opposition from the two overnight batters. The pitch had completely flattened out and the pair did enough to see off a five-over spell from Jasprit Bumrah which came with a hint of reverse swing in it. Campbell also survived a close LBW shout – the replays not conclusive enough for the TV umpire to overturn.
Ravindra Jadeja started in tandem with Bumrah and came close but not enough to eke out a wicket. On a pitch where there wasn’t assistance, Jadeja switched angles to try and force a mistake. Campbell spent a long time in the 90s before launching the left-arm spinner for a big six over mid-wicket to bring up his maiden Test hundred.
But in the first over after drinks, Campbell was trapped leg before by Jadeja when he tried and missed a reverse sweep. But Roston Chase walked out and carried on the endeavour of dwarfing India’s lead. He and Hope took the team to Lunch at 252/3.
India took the new ball the moment it was available but the most significant event since then was Shai Hope bringing up his century – his first in 58 innings. Mohammed Siraj then dismissed him against the run of play as one ball kept low from length and the batter played it back onto his stumps.
Once Bumrah finished his short spell with the new ball without a wicket, Gill turned to Kuldeep Yadav. Tevin Imlach put the left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav off his lengths by giving Kuldeep Yadav the charge twice in a 10-run over to begin this spell. But in the next over, Kuldeep Yadav pushed Imlach on the backfoot and trapped him leg before – identical to how he got him in the first innings.
The baton of the West Indies fight passed on to Chase, who too showed good application for his 72-ball 40 but fell flicking a Kuldeep Yadav delivery to Devdutt Padikkal at short mid-wicket. Jomel Warrican then had his middle-stump flattened by an inducker from Bumrah. When the pacer induced a faint nick of Anderson Phillip’s bat to Jurel just a couple of overs later, it seemed like the end for West Indies was in sight.
But the final-wicket pair of Seales and Greaves had other plans. They comfortably motored along in a 79-run stand across 22 overs. Greaves got to his half-century and even Seales got into the 30s before holing out to Washington Sundar at deep square leg. By then, India had sent down 118.5 overs, the most since the first innings of the Ahmedabad Test against Australia in 2023.
Yashasvi Jaiswal arrived with the idea of snaring the target of 121 in what was left in the evening, but he fell trying to clear the long on fence in the second over. KL Rahul and Sai Sudharsan were calmer in their approach, taking India to the end of the day without more damage. They will return on Tuesday morning in search of 58 more runs for a 2-0 series sweep,
Day 5 : KL Rahul’s solid half century grants India a 2-0 series whitewash over WI
That this game got to Day 5 after the Ahmedabad fixture finished in three, was down to West Indies’ improved batting show. In Ahmedabad, they batted just 44.1 and 45.1 overs, but nearly doubled that tally in the first innings in Delhi.
Shubman Gill still enforced the follow-on, and that kept his bowlers out in the field for even longer – 118.5 overs, as West Indies put up an admirable show of resistance. A team that suffered an ignominious 27 all out before arriving in India ended this tour with an essay 390.
While that effort was important, it wasn’t enough to turn the tide completely. They kept India in the field almost all of Day 4 but were undone towards the end by the odd ball keeping low. India still had to endure a push back from the final-wicket pair of Justin Greaves and Jayden Seales but shortly after taking the lead past 100 runs, that too was brought to an end.
Yashasvi Jaiswal showed urgency in chase of 121 but holed out in the second over. Rahul and Sai Sudharsan came together to see off the rest of the day, and were intent on polishing off what remained on the fifth morning. West Indies denied them that with a couple of wickets but India still sauntered to a win.
KL Rahul hit a fifty as he and Dhruv Jurel took India to a 2-0 series win on the fifth morning in Delhi. Even with only 58 more to defend, West Indies kept up their fight as Roston Chase had Sai Sudharsan nicking to Shai Hope at first slip. Rahul was resolute in defence to start off before using his feet well against spin from both ends. Shubman Gill went after Chase as well to hasten India’s win. But he too fell, mistiming a big shot against his opposite number. India still completed the win just inside the first hour’s play.
Presentations and Road Ahead
Roston Chase the losing WI skipper said : The positives for us in this match was that Campbell and Hope played well and scored hundreds. They fought for us, we batted 100 overs after a long time, that was another positive. Taking the game to the 5th day, that was great for us. We were always discussing and trying to find ways how we could bat through those 80 overs.
We came up with a lot of ideas, batting against spin, sweeping, using our feet, and it was just about the guys going out there and executing the plans we’d spoken about. I think the guys we have here are some of the best players in the Caribbean. So it’s just for us to use this last Test match as a stepping stone and a confidence booster going into the upcoming series. We just have to keep improving as much as we can from here.
Shubman Gill the winning IND skipper said : It’s a really big honour (to lead India), I’m kind of getting used to it. Managing all the players, leading this team is a great honour. It’s about taking the right options in the given situation. I try to make the most probable decision in the given situation that we are in that game.
And sometimes you have to take a bold decision, depending on which player can get you certain runs or can get you those wickets. (On enforcing the follow-on) We were around 300 runs ahead.
We thought even if we scored like 500 runs and we have to get 6 or 7 wickets on day 5, it could be a tough day for us. So, that was the thought process. (On playing Nitish Reddy) He didn’t really get to bowl in this match. We don’t want players to only play matches overseas. That puts a lot of pressure on the players. We want to groom certain players that we think can help us win matches overseas because that’s been a challenge for us.
When I’m going out there to bat, batting is something that I’ve been doing since I was 3 or 4 years old. So, when I want to go out there, I just want to make decisions as a batsman. The one thing that you always strive for is how can you make your team win a match. And as a batsman, when I’m going out there, that’s the only thought that I have. (On the Australia series) It’s a long flight, maybe we can plan on the flight.
Kuldeep Yadav Player of the Match for his 8 wickets said : This was a totally different wicket. Bowling a lot of overs was the challenge here, I enjoyed bowling here. There wasn’t any drift here. The wicket was too dry. Bowling lot of overs and getting the breakthrough is something I enjoy a lot.
When you put a lot of revs, you generally get the drift. You love to the get the batter bowled. I enjoyed a couple of wickets in the first Tests, here as well. We got to fly tomorrow, we got to prepare for that. It’s lovely to have him (Jadeja) around. He’s someone who has always guided me in tough situations and giving me some advice.
Ravindra Jadeja Player of the series for his all round performances said : I could get a chance to bowl more overs (after Ashwin’s retirement). But yeah, all in all, we’ve been doing wonderful work as a team, in terms of batting and bowling. I think we know what brand of cricket we’ve been playing over the last five, six months. So that’s a good sign as a team, that we continue to do it over a long period of time.
As Gauti bhai (Gambhir) said, I’m at number six now. So I’m thinking more as a proper batsman, and that works for me. In the past, for many years, I’ve been batting at number eight, number nine, so my mindset was a little different from what I have now. I’m just trying to spend more time in the middle whenever I get a chance to bat. To be honest, I don’t think too much about records.
I just focus on contributing with both bat and ball to help my team win. I always look forward to do that. I feel if I don’t perform with bat and ball, then it doesn’t reflect my value as a player. I’m always keen and give my 100 percent. I think this is my third Man of the Series trophy, so yeah, I’m very happy to bring it back home.
It took India a little over an hour on the final day and a further loss of two wickets to knock off the 121-run target to seal the 2-0 series win against West Indies. The win took them to 61.9% points on the World Test Championship points table, still at No. 3. KL Rahul anchored the chase, ending up unbeaten on 58, taking his series tally to 192, only behind Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 219. Kuldeep Yadav was the leading wicket-taker with 12 strikes. This was also the first series win for captain Shubman Gill after drawing 2-2 in England.
India began the day needing 58 runs to win after they had declared their first innings in only 4.5 sessions and then enforced the follow-on. They ended up bowling 200 overs on the trot and were set 121 to get.India lost B Sai Sudharsan and Gill on the final morning. Sudharsan, whose No. 3 position is not yet sealed, might leave the series with some doubt still. He scored 87 in the first innings, but got out playing a loose drive in the second, resulting in a stunning slip catch by Shai Hope.
Gill looked in a hurry to end things, hit a six and a four in a Roston Chase over, and then ended up skying one.Rahul was more solid, and punctuated his effort with two sixes, one a straight loft against Khary Pierre and the other a slog-sweep off Jomel Warrican, who got him out in the first innings. This was India’s tenth straight win against West Indies. This was also India’s 122th Test win, going past South Africa to No. 3.
India seal the series 2-0 and add 12 crucial points to their World Test Championship tally. A brave fight from the West Indies, but despite all their hard work, they finish second best. More than a test of skill, this was a test of character and they’ve come through with flying colours. It would’ve been easy to crumble after being asked to follow-on on Day 3, but they refused to give in.
Hope and Campbell led the resistance, while Greaves and Seales ensured India had to earn that final wicket the hard way. The pitch held up quite well and didn’t deteriorate much, making batting relatively comfortable. In the end, India chased down the target with ease to wrap up a well-deserved series win. India lost a couple of wickets this morning in the form of Sudharsan and Gill, but a solid fifty from KL Rahul ensured they got across the line with 7 wickets remaining.
India were the far superior side in Ahmedabad, with quality batting performances from KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, and Ravindra Jadeja who scored centuries. And, on a surface that offered some assistance to the pacers, Bumrah and Siraj were relentless, running through the opposition lineup with precision and control. Such was India’s dominance that the West Indian batters couldn’t survive even 90 overs across both innings.
In contrast, Delhi saw a far more spirited West Indian display. Having batted for more than 200 overs across their two innings, the visitors showed marked improvement and commendable resilience. For India, Yashasvi Jaiswal was the standout performer with a commanding century that laid the platform on Day 1, while captain Shubman Gill followed it up with an impressive ton of his own.
There were also valuable contributions from the rest of the batting unit. With the ball, Kuldeep Yadav was the star, claiming eight wickets in the match to highlight his growing stature as India’s premier spinner in home conditions. Overall, it was a complete team performance as every player chipped in, and India once again demonstrated why they remain such a formidable force in their own backyard.
Shubman Gill lifts the trophy and shares the moment with his teammates. Team India lines up for photos, posing proudly with the trophy and the champions’ hoarding. It’s all smiles across the Indian camp as they celebrate a well-deserved series win.
A satisfying result for India, who continue their dominance in home conditions. Under the leadership of Shubman Gill, this marks India’s first Test series win of his captaincy tenure. It’s still early days for him as skipper, and while there’s room for growth, particularly in terms of decision-making, there’s no doubting the quality of his batting or the depth of this Indian side.
India now shift their focus to the tour of Australia, featuring three ODIs and five T20Is. The anticipated return of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will only heighten the excitement for their Millennial fans. Right after that, attention turns to South Africa’s tour of India, comprising two Tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is. So, plenty of cricketing action awaits over the next few months.
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