India outclass West Indies to fuel WTC charge

India opened their home season with a flourish, sweeping West Indies 2-0 on Tuesday and tightening the chase for second place in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings after a first series win for Test captain Shubman Gill. Gill impressed in his first series in charge in England where he steered an evolving side to a 2-2 draw despite the Test retirements of experienced batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The 754 runs he amassed on that tour suggested the captaincy would not affect the batting of the 26-year-old, who made his fifth Test hundred of the year at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. India won the opener in Ahmedabad inside three days and made West Indies follow on in Delhi...