India secured a dominant seven-wicket victory over West Indies in the second Test at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday (October 14).

Chasing a modest 121 for victory, the hosts reached 63/1 at stumps on Day 4. The Shubman Gill-led side scored remaining 58 runs in the morning session on Day 5 to clinch series 2-0. KL Rahul was the top scorer with 58 not out.

The victory marked another successful outing for India's transitioning team under Gill, following the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. India had previously drawn the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2-2 in England.

As Gill won his first Test series as captain, he said: “It's a really big honour (to lead India), I'm kind of getting used to it. Managing all the players, leading this team is a great honour. It's about taking the right options in the given situation. I try to make the most probable decision in the given situation that we are in that game. And sometimes you have to take a bold decision, depending on which player can get you certain runs or can get you those wickets.”

The visitors fought back in their second innings after being forced to follow-on. John Campbell and Shai Hope's partnership of 177 runs, with scores of 115 and 103 respectively, provided resistance on the slow pitch.

However, Gill defending his decision to enforce the follow-on. “We were around 300 runs ahead. We thought even if we scored like 500 runs and we have to get 6 or 7 wickets on day 5, it could be a tough day for us. So, that was the thought process,” he stated at the post-match presentation ceremony.

On playing Nitish Reddy as seam-bowling all-rounder, the Indian captain said: “He didn't really get to bowl in this match. We don't want players to only play matches overseas. That puts a lot of pressure on the players. We want to groom certain players that we think can help us win matches overseas because that's been a challenge for us.”

Reflecting on his unbeaten hundred (129*) in the first innings, Gill remarked, “When I'm going out there to bat, batting is something that I've been doing since I was 3 or 4 years old. So, when I want to go out there, I just want to make decisions as a batsman. The one thing that you always strive for is how can you make your team win a match. And as a batsman, when I'm going out there, that's the only thought that I have.”

Shubman Gill will make his ODI captaincy debut on the upcoming tour of Australia, starting October 19 in Perth.

Commenting on the Australia series, Gill said: “It's a long flight, maybe we can plan on the flight.”