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India Seal 2-0 West Indies Sweep as Gill Earns First Series Win

The sweep precedes a white-ball tour of Australia, where Gill captains the ODIs alongside the returns of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

Overview

  • India chased 121 before lunch on day five in Delhi to win the second Test by seven wickets, with KL Rahul unbeaten on 58.
  • Kuldeep Yadav claimed eight wickets in the match, including 5-82 in the first innings, and finished the series with 12 to take player of the match.
  • India’s first-innings 518-5 declared was built on Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 175 and Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 129, after which the hosts enforced the follow-on.
  • West Indies extended the contest with second-innings hundreds from John Campbell and Shai Hope and a 79-run last-wicket stand that pushed the game to day five.
  • India remain third in the World Test Championship at 61.90% PCT as Gill’s side turn to Australia for three ODIs and five T20Is.