India played against the West Indies in the second and last Test of the series at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. India won the toss and elected to bat, and the openers set a strong base for their team. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul handled everything swiftly and stitched solid half-century opening stand before the latter fell for a well-crafted 38. Jaiswal went on dominating the bowlers and was then supported by Sai Sudharsan. India took lunch at 94/1 and kept going full steam to reach 220/1 by tea.
Jaiswal took his fifty soon after the interval and then shared with Sudharsan to establish a dominating century partnership at the second wicket. While Jaiswal took his seventh Test century, Sudharsan impressed with a smooth maiden Test fifty. He was only few runs short of a debut century as he fell for 87. Skipper Shubman Gill came out with Jaiswal at the crease, and the two were unbeaten at the end of Day 1, with India comfortably placed at 318/2.
Day 2 witnessed India suffer an early jolt as Jaiswal got run out in unfortunate circumstances for 175. However, Gill kept adding runs to the tally, scoring his hundred and finally scoring 129 before India declared at 518/3.
With the ball, India hit early as John Campbell was sent back cheaply. However, Alick Athanaze and Tagenarine Chanderpaul formed a half-century partnership. Ravindra Jadeja ended the association by removing Chanderpaul, which caused a mini-collapse. By the end of Day 2, West Indies were 140/3, still behind by 378 runs.
Day 3 was dominated by India’s bowlers, with Kuldeep Yadav being at the forefront of a splendid five-wicket haul. West Indies were bundled out for 248, and India enforced the follow-on. The visitors, though, displayed resilience in their second innings. John Campbell (87) and Shai Hope (66) put together an unbroken 138-run partnership, keeping the contest alive. They closed Day 3 on 173/2, down by just 97 runs.
On Day 4, India completed the West Indies’ second innings with the visitors scoring 390. Given a target of 121, India ended the day at 63/1, requiring only 58 runs more with 9 wickets remaining to win by a 2-0 series sweep.
On Day 5, it was a smooth chasing target for India as they were only required to chase 58 runs. Both KL Rahul and Sai Sudharsan started strong but Roston Chase showed his tactical brilliance and made use of his spin attack. Chase himself came in and took two crucial wickets of Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill.
KL Rahul scored a magnificent half-century and guided India through the finish line. With this win Shubman Gill registers his first series win as the Test captain of India.
