**Dominant India Crush West Indies with Bat and Ball**
In a commanding performance, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah led India to a comprehensive victory over the West Indies. The visitors were bowled out for a modest 162 runs in their first innings, with Siraj and Bumrah sharing seven wickets between them. India responded with a massive declaration at 448/5, powered by centuries from KL Rahul (100), Arshdeep Jurel (125), and an unbeaten 104 from Ravindra Jadeja. The West Indies could muster only 146 runs in their second innings, handing India a massive win. Notably, no West Indies batsman crossed the 40-run mark in either innings.
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### Siraj’s Best Home Test Figures and Milestones
Mohammed Siraj finished his first-innings spell with impressive figures of 4/40 from 14 overs, marking his best bowling performance in home Test matches. He followed up with another strong spell in the second innings, taking 3/31 from 11 overs. This marked his eighth four-wicket haul in Tests, elevating his overall tally to five five-fors and 130 wickets at an average of 29.93. Against the West Indies specifically, Siraj has now taken 14 wickets at an outstanding average of 14.
#### World Test Championship (WTC) Leader in 2025
Playing his seventh Test of 2025, Siraj has already claimed 34 wickets at an average of 29.22. His haul includes two four-wicket and two five-wicket hauls this year. With this recent performance, Siraj surpassed Australia’s Mitchell Starc, who has 29 wickets, to become the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship.
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### Bumrah’s Lethal Spell Continues
Jasprit Bumrah also delivered a fine bowling performance, finishing his first innings with figures of 3/42 from 14 overs. Known as one of the most lethal pacers across all formats, Bumrah has taken 222 wickets in 49 Tests at an exceptional average of 19.81, including 15 five-fors and seven four-fors. Against the West Indies, he boasts 16 wickets from three Tests at an impressive average of 11.12.
#### Fastest Indian Pacer to 50 Test Wickets at Home
With his third wicket in this match, Bumrah equaled Javagal Srinath’s record as the fastest Indian pacer to 50 Test wickets on home soil, achieving this milestone in just 24 innings. In his 13 home Tests, Bumrah has taken 50 wickets at an excellent average of 17.32. According to Cricbuzz, he reached 50 wickets on Indian soil in the fewest number of balls (1,747).
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### Shubman Gill Matches a Historic Captaincy Milestone
Making his captaincy debut in Tests on home soil, Shubman Gill scored a resilient 50 off 100 balls, featuring five boundaries. This achievement made him the first Indian captain since Sunil Gavaskar to score a fifty-plus on debut at home. Gavaskar famously scored 205 against the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in 1978.
#### Gill’s Consistency with the Bat
This half-century marked Gill’s eighth fifty in Tests. He has amassed 2,697 runs in 38 Tests at a solid average of 41.49, including nine centuries and eight fifties. Importantly, this was his first fifty in four innings against the West Indies. At home, across 18 Tests, Gill has scored 1,227 runs at an average of 42.31, which includes 10 fifties and four centuries.
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### Rahul’s 11th Test Century After Long Wait
KL Rahul marked his 11th Test hundred with a score of 100 off 197 balls, including 12 fours. In his 64th Test, Rahul now has 3,889 runs at an average of 36.00, with 11 centuries and 19 half-centuries. Particularly against the West Indies, he has accumulated 474 runs at an impressive average of 47.40, including two hundreds and three fifties. This century was also Rahul’s 10th as an opener.
#### A Home Test Century After Nearly Nine Years
Rahul’s hundred was his first at home in nearly nine years; his maiden home century was the memorable 199 against England in Chennai in December 2016. According to Cricbuzz, Rahul took 27 innings—the joint-fourth most among Indian batters—to register two Test hundreds at home.
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### Jurel’s Maiden Test Century
Arshdeep Jurel’s unbeaten 125 was decorated with 15 fours and three sixes, off 210 balls. In just six Tests and nine innings, Jurel averages a commendable 47.50, with one century and one fifty. In first-class cricket, Jurel has now scored three hundreds and 13 fifties, accumulating over 1,800 runs at an average nearing 49.
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### Jadeja’s Sixth Test Century and Formidable Record
Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 104 off 176 balls, hitting six fours and five sixes. In his 86th Test, Jadeja has amassed 3,990 runs at an average of 38.73, including six centuries and 27 fifties. Against the West Indies, this was his second century in eight Tests, with an aggregate of 399 runs at a stellar average of 66.50.
#### Outstanding 2025 Form
In 2025 alone, across seven Tests and 13 innings, Jadeja has scored 659 runs at an outstanding average of 82.37. His run tally includes two hundreds and seven fifties. ESPNcricinfo notes that all seven of Jadeja’s 50-plus scores this year have come in his last nine Test innings. He stands second only to Shubman Gill, who has 837 runs in 2025, in terms of Test runs this year.
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India’s dominant all-round performance showcased excellent batting depth and lethal bowling, sealing a comprehensive victory over the West Indies and stamping their authority in the ICC World Test Championship.
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