"I want to stay [in the] present as [much as] possible and don't really want to look back on what I've been able to achieve or what we, as a team, have been able to achieve. Just want to look forward and win everything that we have in the upcoming months."
These were words of intent from India captain Shubman Gill, who is slowly making his mark as a skipper of the Indian Test team. A lot has happened for the 25-year-old after he took over as Test captain, and he has since also been appointed ODI skipper just as the first Test came to an end. While Gill may have said he wants to remain in the present and not look back, for India, the focus will be on maintaining momentum in the current World Test Championship cycle.
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Last time around, a home series loss to New Zealand wrecked their chances of making it to the final at Lord’s, and they don’t want to leave anything to fate now. That intent was visible in the first Test, where India completely outclassed the West Indies in all departments.
With the ball on an unusually green Ahmedabad track, Mohammed Siraj and
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