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India won the first test series under Gill’s captaincy, defeated West Indies by 7 wickets.

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India Won World Test Championship

India Won World Test Championship: India defeated West Indies by 7 wickets in the second test played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Due to this, Team India has won the 2-match series 2-0.

India Won World Test Championship: India has won the second test against West Indies played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. They have won the 2 match series 2-0. In the second innings, India had a target of only 121 runs to win, which the team completed within the first hour. Let us tell you that this is Shubman Gill’s first test series win as captain.

This is how victory was achieved

India had declared 518 runs in the first innings. So, the West Indies team was limited to 248 runs in its first innings. After this, Team India gave follow-on to the visiting team. In the second innings, West Indies scored 390 runs and set a target of 121 runs for India to win. Chasing this, KL Rahul scored unbeaten 58 runs. With this, India has defeated West Indies.

These players played an important role

Let us tell you here that Arun Jaitley’s pitch was favorable for batting, hence after winning the toss, Shubman Gill decided to bat first. After this, star player Yashasvi Jaiswal completed his century on the first day, while KL Rahul played an inning of 38 runs. After this, Jaiswal made a partnership of 193 runs with Sai Sudarshan.

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Sudarshan was out after scoring 87 runs. But on the second day, Jaiswal missed his double century, due to lack of coordination with Gill, he was run out after scoring 175 runs. Jaiswal hit 22 fours in this innings. In the second day’s play, captain Shubman Gill completed his century and India declared its first innings at 518/5.

Kuldeep Yadav took 5 wickets

In this series, on the third day of the match, West Indies could score only 248 runs in the first innings. Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets, he took 5 wickets of Alick Athanaz, Shai Hope, Tevin Imlach, Justin Greaves and Jayden Seales. Along with this, Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets, he had taken all three wickets on the second day. Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah got 1-1 wicket in the first innings.

Team India is at number three

The two-match series between India and West Indies was being played under the World Test Championship, which has now ended. Before this victory, the Indian team was at third place in the points table of the World Test Championship and is still there. Although its PCT has definitely increased. The PCT of the Indian team before this match was 55.56, which has now become 61.90.

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