India beat the West Indies 2-0 to clinch the two-match series. Here are the India player ratings from the series.
Shubman Gill - 9
2 matches, 192 runs at 96, HS: 129*, 1 hundred, 1 fifty
After an intense tour of England, Gill found things easier against the West Indies at home. He had a fifty and an unbeaten hundred in his first Test series win as captain.
Yashasvi Jaiswal - 9
2 matches, 219 runs at 73.00, HS: 175, 1 hundred, 1 fifty
That run out in the first innings of Delhi probably cost Jaiswal a double ton or even beyond. Despite that, the runs flowed easily off his bat, and he paced the scoring with ease. The average took a slight hit when he tried to finish the Delhi Test by the fourth day: it will be unfair to blame him for that.
KL Rahul - 9
2 matches, 196 runs at 98, HS: 100, 1 hundred, 1 fifty
Rahul followed a comfortable hundred in Ahmedabad (his second at home and first since 2016/17) with a potentially big innings nipped in the bud in Delhi. He did make it up by anchoring the chase with an unbeaten half-century. That batting average is rising slowly.
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Sai Sudharsan - 5
2 matches, 133 runs at 44.33, HS: 87, 1 fifty
A failure, an overall classy near-ton, and an astonishing reflex catch sum up Sai Sudharsan’s series. He was not particularly tested, but would have wanted to put up a larger volume of runs to silence some of the noise around him.
Dhruv Jurel - 9
2 matches, 175 runs at 87.50, HS: 100, 1 hundred | Ct: 5
A hundred and a 44 in the series to go with an unbeaten six, Jurel was not really tested by the conditions, the attacks, or the match situations. Of course, none of that is his fault, and he has done enough to merit a place even when Rishabh Pant returns. His glovework was sound as well, even during the two-day toil in Delhi.
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Ravindra Jadeja - 9
2 matches, 104 runs, no average, HS: 104*, 1 hundred
8 wickets at 27.12, BBI: 4-54
At Ahmedabad, Jadeja made a hundred before snaring four wickets to mop up the Test. His real test came at Delhi, but he took four more including three of the first four wickets to fall. He may be 36, but he is not going anytime soon.
Washington Sundar - 4
2 matches, 9 runs, no average, HS: 9*
3 wickets at 49.33, BBI: 1-9
More was expected of Washington, India’s best spinner in the New Zealand home series, on his return to home soil. Barring a phase on either side of tea on the third day at Delhi, he rarely looked threatening. He bowled fewer overs than both fast bowlers, and his batting was hardly needed.
Nitish Kumar Reddy - 5
2 matches, 43 runs at 43.00, HS: 43
4-1-16-0
It is difficult to rate an all-rounder whose bowling was not needed even when India spent more than 200 consecutive overs on the field in Delhi. He got quick runs the only time he batted, but he will probably expect more clarity on his role in home Tests.
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Jasprit Bumrah - 7
2 matches, 7 wickets at 20.28, BBI: 3-42
Bumrah’s series numbers may look fantastic by any standards, but only one of his seven wickets were of batters in the top six. The wickets offered him little, but with Bumrah, more is always expected.
Mohammed Siraj - 9
2 matches, 10 wickets at 13.00, BBI: 4-40
Siraj shook up the West Indies on the first morning of the series, and backed that with three wickets in the second innings. In the second innings at Delhi, he provided the early breakthrough and removed one of the centurions.
Kuldeep Yadav - 9
2 matches, 12 wickets at 19.50, BBI: 5-82, 1 5WI
India’s best bowler of the series, Kuldeep had four easy wickets at Ahmedabad, but it was in Delhi that he really proved his mettle. With little purchase off the surface, Kuldeep ensured his stock ball invariably targeted the stumps as he altered the length and trajectory. He used the googly, but was judicious in its use. He was the only bowler to pick up a five-for across both sides in the series.
Devdutt Padikkal - special mention
Fielded well as a substitute in the Delhi heat for hours after Sai Sudharsan’s injury. Took an excellent catch to dismiss Roston Chase.
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