Just how India wanted to do business on Indian soil, thumping the West Indies again in Ahmedabad. After easily sending an edgy Windies team packing for just 162 inside two sessions on Day 1, India came out to bat with an air of relaxed confidence under the Shubman Gill captaincy debut.

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The two at the crease are a richly experienced and highly talented pairing. They will not go cheaply against a Windies attack featuring some nice prospects in Jayden Seales as well as two debutants making their international debuts for the first time. It also becomes tougher to break this Indian middle-order when the bowlers have already bowled 38 overs in this innings.

But there was one break for the Windies as Shubman Gill, who was looking so at home at the crease, got out to a reverse sweep that did not go right and a simple catch in the slip region put paid to his innings on 98 in the partnership. IND vs WI Test live cricket score is 188/3, and Dhruv Jurel is at the crease. Shubman Gill had looked very hard at himself when he went, but for his captaincy and his batting so far, this has to be written large.

KL Rahul has been sensational in IND vs WI 1st Test 2025 in the past few months. He had led India to a historic series in England on his captaincy debut, and he is now in good nick at home too.

With Rahul at the crease and Jurel at hand, India is in a good position to muscle through this Test. It is now all about building on the lead, stitching partnerships and upping the pressure on the Windies.