Ahmedabad: They say champion teams show a level of ruthlessness without being arrogant, simply because they are so confident that, man to man, they are much above the level of the opposition in familiar conditions. The West Indies team of the 1970s and 1980s had that. The Australian teams under Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting had that quality too. The Indian Test team playing at home possessed that aura too — until New Zealand punched a few holes in it last year and won 3-0. India, under Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill, took baby steps to recapture that dominance by crushing West Indies by an innings and 140 runs on Day Three of the first Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Already in a commanding position at the end of Day Two, India declared overnight at 448/5. They were sitting

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