India tightened their grip on the opening Test by piling on the runs in Ahmedabad, with KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, and Ravindra Jadeja all registering centuries. Their efforts powered the hosts to 448 for 5 at stumps on day two, a lead of 286. Remarkably, this marked the third instance in 2025, after Leeds and Manchester, of three Indian batters reaching three figures in the same innings.

Resuming the day at 121/2, KL Rahul and skipper Shubman Gill continued tormenting the inexperienced West Indies attack, as the duo barely broke a sweat before carrying India past the West Indies’ first-innings total of 162 by drinks. The visitors had one chance to send back Rahul, then on 57, when Jayden Seales eked out an outside edge. But the first slip was stationed slightly wide, so the ball flew between

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