The Indian team sealed a 2-0 series victory against West Indise after a victory in the Delhi Test by wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Monday (October 13) despite the visitors putting up a strong fight in the second game after a surrender in the opening game at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Apart from West Indies’ third innings in Delhi, the Shubman Gill-led side were extremely dominat in the series. They won the first Test match by a huge margin of an innings and 140 runs. Both the Indian batting and bowling unit put up impressive displays to start the home season as the two-time finalist took a big step towards making the final of the 2025 World Test Championship.
In both the matches, the team played the same playing XI which meant that Axar Patel, Devdutt Padikkal, Narayan Jagadeesan, and Prasidh Krishna did not play a single game.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal (8/10): Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his 7th Test century with a knock of 175 in the second Test. The star batter will be disappointed at not making the most of favouriable conditions in the Ahmedabad Test and second innings. He finished as the highest run-getter of the series with 219 runs in three innings at an average of 73.
KL Rahul (9/10): KL Rahul continued his dream run of form in Test cricket this year as he finished with 198 runs in three innings at an average of 96.00 which included one century and another half-century.
Sai Sudharsan (5/10): Sai Sudharsan played an important knock of 87 in the first innings of the Delhi Test but questions still remain over him as the left-handed batter made 133 runs in three innings at an average of 44.33
Shubman Gill (9/10): Shubman Gill continued his incredible run of form since becoming India’s Test captain as he made 192 runs in three innings which included one century and a half-century at an average of 96.
Dhruv Jurel (9/10): Dhruv Jurel continued to make the most of his chance and ensured Rishabh Pant remains on his heels with the maiden Test century of his career in the Ahmedabad Test with a knock of 125. He finished the series with 169 runs in two innings.
Ravindra Jadeja (10/10): Ravindra Jadeja proved why he remains India’s MVP in Tests. He scored a century in his only outing with the bat in Ahmedabad while taking eight wickets that included a four-wicket haul in the series opener.
Washington Sundar (4/10): Washington Sundar also had just one outing to bat, which was in the first innings of the Ahmedabad Test, where he walked out just before India declared and he made nine runs. Sundar took six wickets with the ball over the three innings.
Nitish Kumar Reddy (3/10): Nitish Kumar Reddy did not have much to do as India declared in Ahmedabad before he walked out to bat while he bowled just four overs in the series after not getting a single over in India’s long toil in both innings of the Delhi Test. Nitish got a chance to bat in the first innings of the Second Test and played a fluent knock of 43:
Kuldeep Yadav (9/10): Kuldeep Yadav finally made the most of get a chance in Test team after sitting on the bench in all five games in England. The wrist-spinner weaved his magic and got 12 wickets including a five-wicket haul in the first innings of the second Test.
Jasprit Bumrah (5/10): Jasprit Bumrah was far from the high standards he has set as he took just seven wickest in the series, out of which just one was of a top six batter.
Mohammed Siraj (9/10): Siraj was the star of India’s victory in the Ahmedabad Test with seven wickets which included a four-wicket haul inthe first nnings. The right-arm finished the series with 10 wickets.