Overview

• India reached 218-3 by lunch on Day 2, with KL Rahul on 100 not out, to open a 56-run first-innings lead after resuming at 121-2.
• West Indies were earlier dismissed for 162 in 44.1 overs after electing to bat at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
• Mohammed Siraj returned 4-40 and Jasprit Bumrah 3-42, leveraging a grassy red-soil pitch that offered early seam movement.
• Gill, leading India at home for the first time, compiled 50 before falling to Roston Chase’s off-spin in the morning session.
• The visitors are without injured pacers Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph, while India view this home series as an opportunity to collect World Test Championship points.