India defeated West Indies by 7 wickets in the second test played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. With this, Team India has won the 2-match series 2-0. In the second innings, India had a target of 121 runs to win, which the team completed within the first hour and registered victory. This is Shubman Gill’s first test series win as captain.

India declared the first innings at 518 runs. West Indies’ first innings was all out at 248, after which 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 which, KL Rahul scored unbeaten 58 runs, he hit the winning four.

Yashasvi and Gill scored centuries in the first innings

Arun Jaitley’s pitch was favorable for batting, hence after winning the toss, Shubman Gill decided to bat first. Yashasvi Jaiswal completed his century on the first day, after the wicket of KL Rahul (38), Jaiswal made a partnership of 193 runs with Sai Sudarshan. Sudarshan was out after scoring 87 runs. 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.

On the second day, captain Shubhman Gill also completed his century, he remained unbeaten and India declared its first innings at 518/5. Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 43 runs and Dhruv Jurel scored 44 runs.

Kuldeep Yadav took 5 wickets in the first innings

In the second session on the third day, West Indies’ first innings was reduced to 248 runs. Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets, he took 5 wickets in the form of Alick Athanaz, Shai Hope, Tevin Imlach, Justin Greaves and Jayden Seales. Apart from him, Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets, he took all three wickets on the second day. Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah got 1-1 wicket in the first innings.

India had given follow on

West Indies could not save the follow-on, after which India called West Indies to bat again. The first two wickets of the visiting team (Tejanarayan Chanderpaul and Alik Athanaz) fell at the score of 35, but after that John Campbell and Shai Hope took over the innings and made a partnership of 177 runs.

John Campbell scored 115 and Shai Hope scored 103 runs. This was Campbell’s first Test century, and he also became the first West Indies batsman to score a Test century in India since 2002. Hope scored a Test century for the first time since 2017.

India had a target of 121 to win

After the centuries of Campbell and Hope, Roston Chase and Justin Greaves also batted well and saved West Indies from innings defeat. Chase scored 40 and Greaves scored 50 runs. Jayden Seales scored 32 runs, with the help of which West Indies was able to set a target of 121 for India to win. This happened only for the fourth time in history when India gave follow on to the opposing team and then Team India had to come out to bat in the fourth innings.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 175 runs in the first innings, was out after scoring 8 runs in the second innings. After this, there was a partnership of 79 runs between KL Rahul and SAI Sudarshan, on the last day of the match Sudarshan was caught out on the ball of Roston Chase after scoring 39 runs. Shubman Gill, who came after this, also got caught out after playing a quick inning of 13 runs. KL Rahul played an unbeaten half-century (58) and hit the winning four on the second ball of the 36th over.

Many players performed strongly on the fourth day of India vs West Indies second test. John Campbell and Shay Hope scored centuries, while Jasprit Bumrah dismissed the tail-enders of West Indies and took a total of 3 wickets in the innings. At the same time, the 79-run partnership of Justin Greaves and Jaden Seals for the 10th wicket also stole the show. But the fourth day also became memorable due to another incident. Actually, pictures of a girl slapping a boy have created a stir on the internet.

This incident happened at a time when West Indies’ score was 294/3. Roston Chase and Tevin Imlach were batting, and Kuldeep Yadav was handling the ball for India. During the over, when the camera turned towards the stands, the girl slapped the boy several times in a mocking tone and also held his neck.

The pictures and videos of both went viral on social media within a few minutes. This video clip is being shared widely on social media.

Bruhhh……???

What might he have said? #INDvsWI pic.twitter.com/73rIxdPAbw

— chakr (@chkrdhr_) October 13, 2025

India close to clean sweep West Indies

In the Delhi Test, West Indies’ second innings was reduced to 390 runs. John Campbell and Shay Hope scored centuries, but except Jaden Seales and Justin Greaves, West Indies’ lower order batsmen flopped miserably. Greaves and Seals made a partnership of 79 runs for the 10th wicket. By the end of the fourth day’s play, the Indian team had scored 63 runs at the loss of one wicket. Now, after scoring 58 more runs on the fifth day, the Indian team will clean sweep West Indies in the 2 test match series.

The condition of the match till now has been like this, India had declared the first innings at 518 runs. In response, West Indies’ first innings was reduced to just 248 runs. India forced the Caribbean team to follow on, but all the hopes of the Indian team to win their innings were dashed as West Indies scored 390 runs in the second innings. Now Team India has got the target of 121 runs in the fourth innings.

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The second test match between India and West Indies is being played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Amidst this match, ICC has taken strict action against West Indies fast bowler Jaden Seales. He has been found guilty of Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct. Under this, he has been fined 25 percent of his match fee and has also been given one demerit point. This is his second demerit point in the last 24 months.

Jaden Seals has received this punishment for the incident that happened on the first day of the Delhi Test. This matter is of October 10, i.e. the first day of the second test. In the 29th over of the Indian innings, Seales threw the ball towards Yashasvi Jaiswal in the follow-through. Due to this the ball hit Jaiswal’s pad.

The Caribbean fast bowler argued that he had thrown the ball towards Jaiswal with the intention of running him out. Match referee Andy Pycroft, after watching the video replay, said that Seales’ throwing of the ball was unfair.

Seales was found guilty of Article 2.9 in the ICC Code of Conduct. According to this, if a player throws the ball inappropriately towards another player in an international cricket match, he will be eligible for punishment.

West Indies have made a comeback

In the Delhi Test, the Indian team declared its first innings at 518 runs. In response, West Indies’ first innings was reduced to just 248 runs. In such a situation, Team India made West Indies follow on, in the second innings also West Indies lost 2 wickets for just 35 runs. After that, the 138-run partnership between John Campbell and Shay Hope brought West Indies back into the match. By the end of the third day’s play, Campbell had scored 87 runs and Hope had scored 66 runs.

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The Indian cricket team has been announced for the Test series against the West Indies. The team captained by Shubman Gill includes Karun Nair, who got a chance after 8 years in England. Ravindra Jadeja is the vice -captain. Rishabh Pant is not fully fit yet, in his absence, N Jagadisin is the second wicket -keeper with Dhruv Jurlel. It was believed that Jasprit Bumrah could be rested from the Test series, but he has been selected.

Team India is currently playing in the Asia Cup 2025, where Shubman Gill is the vice -captain. India has confirmed its place in the final. The tournament final will be held in Dubai on 28 September. After this, the players will return to India, where the Test series against the West Indies will start from October 2.

Indian squad for Test series against West Indies

Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurael, Ravindra Jadeja (Vice -captain), Washington Sundar, Jaspreet Bumrah, Akshar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, N Jagadisin (wicket -keeper), Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav.

The main point of the test team

• Karun Nair and Abhimanyu Iswaran are not in place
• Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Reddy returns
• Ravindra Jadeja elected vice -captain
• Jaspreet Bumrah also included

Presenting #Teamindia‘S Squad for the West Indies Test Series #INDVWI , @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/S4D5MDGJNN

– BCCI (@Bcci) September 25, 2025

What did Ajit Agarkar say on Karun Nair

Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar said about Karun Nair, “We expect more than Karun Nair, not only one innings is enough. Parkal can do better. We will want to give 15-20 opportunities to all, but this is not possible in these circumstances.” Let me tell you that after about 8 years, he got a chance in the Test series on the tour of England, but his performance was not good.

India vs West Indies Test Series 2025 schedule

The first Test between India and West Indies will be played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad from 2 to 6 October. The second Test will be held from 10 to 14 October at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi. Both matches will start at 9:30 am Indian time.