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Dominant India eye clean sweep against beleaguered West Indies at Kotla

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October 10, 2025

The gulf between the two teams was laid bare in the opening Test at Ahmedabad, where India crushed a listless West Indies inside three days.

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When the sides walk out for the second and final Test at the Feroz Shah Kotla here on Friday, the hosts will have their sights set on another dominant finish, and a 2-0 clean sweep that would neatly erase memories of last year’s stumble against New Zealand.

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