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India Test series defeat: Three key takeaways

A gutsy performance in Delhi brought some welcome cheer but who were the real winners and losers in India?

25.10.25, 16:00 Updated 25.10.25, 16:05

Joel Bailey

Joel Bailey

John Campbell hit his maiden Test century, and Shai Hope scored his first hundred since 2017, but India were too good on home soil as they completed a 2-0 series win over the West Indies.

Led by Shubman Gill, India cruised to an innings-and-140-run victory in the first Test at Ahmedabad. Then, for the first time since Roston Chase was appointed as captain in May, West Indies carried a Test match to a fifth day. Despite that silver lining, India prevailed by seven wickets in the second Test at Delhi.

Here are three key takeaways from the two-Test series:

Centuries for Campbell and Hope 

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