After India decided to not prolong the agony and declare at their overnight total, it was always a question of when rather than whether. The when eventuated at 1.40 pm, when the last of the West Indian second innings wickets fell at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday, giving Shubman Gill a commanding victory in his first Test as captain on home soil.

Having lasted 44.1 overs in the first innings whilst making 162, West Indies survived six deliveries longer a second time around when Kuldeep Yadav took a return catch on the second attempt to account for Jayden Seales. The visitors were skittled for 146, India opening up a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series following their innings-and-140-run romp.