1st Test: Dominant India thrash sorry West Indies in Ahmedabad
What's the story
In an absolutely one-sided affair, India thrashed West Indies in the opening Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The game ended on Day 3 with the hosts winning by a massive margin of innings and 140 runs. KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, and Ravindra Jadeja hammered centuries in the game. Jadeja starred with the ball as well. Here are the key stats.
Summary
How did the game pan out?
Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah shared seven wickets as WI were folded for 162 runs batting first. In response, India declared at a massive 448/5 thanks to Rahul's 100, Jurel's 125, and Jadeja's 104*. WI could only manage 146/10 in their second outing, losing the game by a massive margin. No WI batter could even touch the 40-run mark across both innings.
Siraj
Best figures in home Tests for Siraj
Siraj finished his first-innings spell with 4/40 from 14 overs - his best figures in home Tests. He further took three more wickets in his second outing (3/31 from 11 overs). This was overall his eighth four-wicket haul in Tests (5W: 5). The pacer has now raced to 130 wickets at 29.93. He now owns 14 wickets against WI at 14.
WTC
Most WTC wickets in 2025
Playing his seventh Test in 2025, Siraj has raced to 34 wickets at 29.22. This includes two four-fers and as many fifers. Siraj's latest achievement helped him displace Australia's Mitchell Starc (29 wickets) as the bowler with the most ICC World Test Championship wickets this year.
Bumrah
Fine spell from Bumrah as well
Bumrah, who finished his first-innings spell with 3/42 from 14 overs, is arguably the most lethal pacer across formats at the moment. Across 49 Tests, he has taken 222 wickets at an incredible average of 19.81. His tally includes 15 fifers and seven four-fers. The right-arm pacer now boasts 16 wickets across three Tests against WI at 11.12 (5W: 2).
DYK
50 Test wickets in India
With his third wicket, Bumrah equaled Javagal Srinath's record of the fastest Indian pacer to 50 Test scalps at home in just 24 innings. Playing his 13th Test at home, Bumrah has accounted for 50 wickets at an excellent average of 17.32 , as per ESPNcricinfo. As per Cricbuzz, Bumrah took the fewest balls to complete 50 Test wickets on Indian soil (1,747).
Gill
Gill equals this record of Gavaskar
Shubman Gill, playing his maiden Test as captain on Indian soil, made a 100-ball 50, with the help of five fours. As per Cricbuzz, the last Indian skipper to hit a 50+ score in their debut innings leading at home was Sunil Gavaskar. He made a stunning 205 vs West Indies at the Wankhede in 1978.
Stats
Gill slams his 8th fifty in Tests
With this fifty, Gill has raced to 2,697 runs from 38 Tests at an average of 41.49. In addition to nine Test tons, he owns eight fifties. This was his maiden fifty across four Test innings against WI. Across 18 home Tests, Gill owns 1,227 runs at an average of 42.31. The tally includes 10 50-plus scores, including four tons.
Rahul
11th Test ton for Rahul
Rahul brought up his 11th century in Test cricket. Rahul made 100 off 197 balls (12 fours). Playing his 64th Test, Rahul now owns 3,889 runs at 36.00. Besides 11 tons, he has 19 half-centuries. 474 of his Test runs have come against WI at 47.40. He owns three 50-plus scores against them (100s: 2). This was his 10th Test hundred as an opener.
DYK
A home Test ton after ages for Rahul
Notably, Rahul smoked a Test ton in India after nearly nine years. His maiden hundred at home was against England in December 2016, when he narrowly missed a double with 199 runs in Chennai. As per Cricbuzz, Rahul consumed the joint-fourth-most Test innings between two Test hundreds at home among Indian batters (27).
Jurel
Maiden Test ton for Jurel
Jurel's 125 was laced with 15 fours and three sixes. He consumed 210 balls. In 6 Tests (9 innings), Jurel averages 47.50 with one ton and a fifty. Overall in First-Class cricket, this was his third hundred (50s: 13). Jurel has gone past 1,800 FC runs (1,837) at an average of around 49.
Jadeja
6th Test ton for Jadeja
Jadeja made an unbeaten 104 from 176 balls. He hit six fours and five sixes. Playing his 86th Test, Jadeja has now raced to 3,990 runs at an average of 38.73. This includes six centuries and 27 fifties. This was Jadeja's 2nd hundred across eight Tests against WI (50s: 2). He now owns 399 runs against them at 66.50.
Tally
Second-most runs in Tests in 2025
Playing his seventh Test in 2025, Jadeja has raced to 659 runs at a stellar average of 82.37 across 13 innings. This includes two tons and seven fifties. As per ESPNcricinfo, each of Jadeja's seven 50-plus scores this year have come in his last nine Test innings. The southpaw is only behind his skipper Gill (837) in terms of Test runs in 2025.