India reached 448 for five at stumps on day two of the opening Test against the West Indies, stretching their lead to 286 runs after centuries from KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja in Ahmedabad on Friday. Jadeja (104) and Washington Sundar (9) were at the crease at close of play. The duo of Jadeja and Jurel added 206 runs for the fifth wicket to guide the hosts to a dominant position. This was the 24-year-old Jurel's maiden Test hundred. Earlier, KL Rahul (100) got out after scoring a fine century. India, starting the day on 121/2, lost the wicket of skipper Shubman Gill (50) during the opening session, while Rahul was dismissed right after the lunch break. The hosts had dismissed the West Indies for 162 on day one.
KL Rahul while speaking to official broadcasters
KL Rahul: (On the last few months) Really enjoying my batting. Playing in different conditions. England was fun. Obviously getting runs there gives you a lot of confidence. Coming into this game with some runs behind me also helped. Feeling fresher after a longish break after the series. Yeah, really enjoy being back. [Was it a little nervous to begin with?] No, not really. I just played a game last week. So yeah, I was a bit nervous playing there because I haven't been in the field for a good five-six weeks. So just to get back into that rhythm, just to get back into getting runs and spending time in the field and coming in day after day for four days and five days is a bit of a challenge physically as well. The conditions here have been really, really challenging physically. The game that I played last week was even worse. So yeah, physically it's been really challenging. But yeah, it's good to be out in the middle. And it was good for me to have that game and get some miles in.
[Challenges of playing at home as compared to overseas] Not sure really. But yeah, somehow, I think the only thing that I've worked on in the last year or so has been maintaining my batting tempo. Just enjoying the phases that are not as exciting. For me, in my own head, obviously when you travel abroad and play in seaming, swinging conditions with extra bounce, there's a lot of challenge doing that. And when we come back home, when there's three spinners playing and the field's spread out, you really need to dig in and need to get your runs with singles. The boundaries don't come that easily. So yeah, that's something that I've worked on.
I needed to make that mental switch to enjoy doing that, enjoy grinding and getting 100s with singles and twos as well. So that's something that I've worked on in the last year or so. And yeah, I think that's the only difference that I can see. And probably that's why I wasn't doing that well previously when I played at home.
[On the celebration] It's for my daughter, bro.
Another session went India's way, as the hosts took firm control with a massive 286-run lead. Centuries from Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja added to the pressure after KL Rahul's hundred. West Indies managed just three wickets all day and were made to toil, with the 206-run fifth-wicket stand between Jadeja and Jurel proving especially punishing. Jurel fell late in the day, but Jadeja remains unbeaten on 104, with Washington Sundar at the crease alongside him.
STAT: Jadeja becomes just the second player in history to hit 5 sixes vs Windies in a Test innings for the second time. Dhoni is the only other player to achieve this feat. Jadeja hit 5 sixes vs Windies at Rajkot in 2018.
It's stumps on Day 2
Riding on centuries from Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja, India close Day 2 at 448/5, leading West Indies by 286 runs.
Three 100s in an innings for India in 2025
Jaiswal, Gill & Pant vs Eng Leeds
Gill, Jadeja & Sundar vs Eng Manchester
Rahul, Jurel & Jadeja vs WI Ahmedabad
This is the fourth instance of India having three or more batters scoring 100s in the same innings in a calendar year after 1979, 1986, & 2007.
Hundred for Ravindra Jadeja!
Ravindra Jadeja continues his good run with the bat, bringing up his 6th Test century off 168 balls. This is his second hundred in this calendar year. He comes up with his usual bat-sword celebration. IND 437/5 in 125.3 overs
Jadeja moves to 98
SIX! Fifth maximum for Ravindra Jadeja as he again dances down the track and launches Jomel Warrican into the deep mid-wicket stands for a massive six. IND 432/5 in 123.5 overs
Dhruv Jurel departs
OUT! Dhruv Jurel's magnificent knock of 125 comes to an end. Khary Pierre strikes for his maiden Test wicket. Jurel gets forward to drive a length ball outside off, but finds a thick outside edge, comfortably caught by Shai Hope behind the wickets. IND 424/5 in 123 overs
Dhruv Jurel takes on Jomel Warrican
FOUR & SIX! Dhruv Jurel punishes Jomel Warrican with a four and six off consecutive balls, bringing up a 200-run partnership with Ravindra Jadeja for the fifth wicket. IND 421/4 in 121.3 overs
400 up for India
FOUR! Tossed up full on off by Warrican and Dhruv Jurel gets low and sweeps to the deep square-leg fence for four as India go past 400. IND 403/4 in 119.2 overs
Jubilant Jurel
𝙅𝙪𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙡 🥳
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 3, 2025
What a feeling to record your maiden Test 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 👌
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Key Stats
Dhruv Jurel - 12th Indian wicketkeeper to score a Test century; five of those players have scored their maiden hundred against West Indies (Vijay Manjrekar, Farookh Engineer, Ajay Ratra, Wriddhiman Saha, and now Jurel)
Third century by a designated wicketkeeper for India in 2025 (Pant X 2, Jurel X 1) - the most for them in a calendar year and the joint second most for any side in a calendar year behind South Africa's four in 2013.
Dhruv Jurel slams maiden Test century
FOUR! What a knock from Dhruv Jurel! The young wicketkeeper-batter brings up his maiden Test century off 190 balls, a memorable milestone for the 24-year-old. Displaying immense grit and resilience, he reached the first triple-figure mark in international cricket in style. IND 391/4 in 116 overs, lead by 229 runs
150-run stand comes up for 5th wicket
FOUR! A slower ball in the air but too full, a shin-high full toss - Jadeja sweeps it nicely in front of square on the leg side, bringing up the 150-run partnership with Dhruv Jurel. IND 370/4 in 111.4 overs
Time for drinks break