The writing was on the wall. Even before the first Test of the series began, fans and experts had predicted that the two-match contest would not end well for the West Indies. Those premonitions proved accurate. In Ahmedabad, Roston Chase’s side produced a sorry performance against Shubman Gill’s India on Day 1 of the opening Test on Thursday, October 2. KL Rahul struck a fine half-century as India reached 121 for 2 in reply to West Indies’ first-innings total of 162. At stumps, India trailed by 41 runs with eight wickets in hand.

West Indies had the favourable outcome at the toss. Despite choosing to bat first, West Indies failed to put up any resistance against India and were bundled out for a paltry 162 in just 44.1 overs — across merely two sessions. The lack of turnout at the Narendra

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