Overview
- West Indies were bowled out for 162 in 44.1 overs, with Mohammed Siraj taking 4-40 and Jasprit Bumrah 3-42, while Kuldeep Yadav added 2-25.
- India closed on 121-2, trailing by 41, as KL Rahul reached 53 not out with Shubman Gill unbeaten on 18 after Yashasvi Jaiswal made 36.
- Jasprit Bumrah reached 50 Test wickets at home, finishing the innings with two searing yorkers to dismiss Justin Greaves and Johann Layne.
- Roston Chase won the toss and chose to bat, but a top-order slide to 42-4 set the tone for a collapse, with the tourists missing injured pacers Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph.
- This is India’s first home Test under Gill following the retirements of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin, with a red-soil, grassed pitch offering seam early and likely turn later.