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Arun Jaitley Stadium: The scoreboard will say India won by seven wickets and sealed the series 2–0. But the story that unfolded over five long days at the Arun Jaitley Stadium told a deeper truth — West Indies cricket, long burdened by decline, has found a flicker of fight again.

For too long, touring sides in India have capitulated in three or four days. Not this time. The West Indies stayed. They competed. They clawed. They dragged the match into the fifth day, refusing to roll over in the face of adversity.

India’s first innings was textbook dominance. Yashasvi Jaiswal’s elegant 173 and Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 129 propelled the hosts to 518 for 5 declared. When West Indies crumbled to 248, it seemed like another familiar, one-sided story.