- Shubman Gill And KL Rahul Celebrate With Dance On Day 3 Of IND vs WI 2025 1st Test

India maintained their dominance on Day 3 of the Test, declaring their first innings at their overnight score of 448/5 without batting further. The hosts then restricted West Indies to 66/5 by the lunch break, leaving the visitors 220 runs behind and staring at a possible innings defeat.

Ravindra Jadeja starred in the morning session with three wickets, while Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav contributed one wicket each.

KL Rahul Hits 11th Test Century, Shubman Gill Registers Fifty In First Home Test As Captain

KL Rahul continued his excellent form from the England tour, building on a strong away series. In India’s first innings against the West Indies, he scored his 11th Test century, making 100 runs off 197 balls with 12 boundaries while opening the batting.

This marked his tenth century as an opener, allowing Rahul to surpass Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir on the list of most Test hundreds by an Indian opener. He now trails only Murali Vijay (12), Virender Sehwag (22), and Sunil Gavaskar (33).

Meanwhile, Shubman Gill became the sixth Indian captain to score a fifty in his debut home Test innings, joining the ranks of Lala Amarnath, Vijay Hazare, Hemu Adhikari, Nari Contractor, and Sunil Gavaskar.