Gill wins first series as India captain with 2-0 West Indies sweep

Gill wins first series as India captain with 2-0 West Indies sweep Estelle.Bronkhorst Tue, 10/14/2025 - 11:00 NEW DELHI - Shubman Gill on Tuesday won his first Test series since becoming India captain as his side beat the West Indies by seven wickets at Delhi s Arun Jaitley Stadium for a 2-0 sweep.Chasing 121 for victory in the second Test, India resumed on day five at 63-1 and reached their target in the first session with KL Rahul unbeaten on 58.West Indies captain Roston Chase struck twice with his off-spin to send back Sai Sudharsan for 39 and Gill, who made 13.Rahul hit the winning four as India reached 124-3 after a spirited fightback from the West Indies, who made 390 in their second innings with centuries from John Campbell and Shai Hope after being forced to follow on.India are a team in transition under 26-year-old Gill, after the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.They won the opening Test by an innings and 140 runs after a thrilling 2-2 draw in their five-Test series in England from June to August, Gill s first in charge. It s a really big honour and I would say I m getting used to it, Gill said at the post-match presentation. Managing all the players and leading this team is a great honour. India head coach Gautam Gambhir said the young leader was marching on after having passed his toughest test as a Test captain in England. No one has done him a favour by appointing him the Test and one-day captain, the former batsman told reporters. I think he deserves every bit of it. I think he s worked hard, and he ticks all the boxes. Gill has been in the form of his life after being named Test captain in May, scoring 754 runs in the five England Tests and then a half-century and a hundred in the two West Indies matches.India s left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav s match haul of eight wickets, including 5-82 in the first West Indies innings, earned him the player of the match accolade.Kuldeep claimed 12 wickets in the series and pace bowler Mohammed Siraj took 10 to be India s leading wicket-taker this year with 37 wickets in eight matches.India s batsmen set up the victory as Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scored with 175 in India s mammoth first-innings total of 518-5 declared. Gill made an unbeaten 129.

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