On a typically spirit-shattering Delhi surface that had neither pace nor bounce or carry, and which defied expectations of wear and tear, India’s bowlers were forced to dig deep in their quest for wickets, and World Test Championship points. Their task wasn’t made easier by the spunk and resilience showcased by West Indies’s batters with John Campbell and Shai Hope leading the way, but in the end, their class and experience stood out at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on a challenging Monday.

Playing his 25th game, the left-handed Campbell brought up his maiden century while Hope, who made twin hundreds against England in Leeds in August 2017, added a third ton more than eight years later on Day Four of the second Test. Their mammoth 177-run alliance for the third wicket was the spark on which the visitors, trailing by 270 in the first innings, rode to breach 300 for the first time in 16 innings. When Jasprit Bumrah finally ended a niggling last-wicket stand of 79 by having Jayden Seales caught on the mid-wicket fence, West Indies’s tally read an impressive 390, necessitating India to score 121 to complete a series sweep.